Succinella

Succinella is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae, commonly called amber snails. They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.

Succinella
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:
Succineoidea
Family:
Succineidae
Subfamily:
Succineinae
Genus:
Succinella

Mabille, 1871

Distribution

This genus of snails lives on the continent of Eurasia.

Species

Species within the genus Succinella include:

References
    • An image of four shells of S. oblonga at:
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