Succinella

Succinella
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Succineoidea
Family:	Succineidae
Genus:	Succinella Mabille, 1871
Type species
Succinea oblonga Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms[1]
Hydrophyga Lindholm, 1927 Succinea (Succinella) Mabille, 1871

Succinella is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae, commonly called amber snails.[1]

They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.

Distribution

This genus of snails lives on the continent of Eurasia.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Succinella include:

• † Succinella hartmutnordsiecki (Schlickum & Strauch, 1979)
• † Succinella martinovici (Brusina, 1902)
• Succinella oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 - the type species

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Succinella Mabille, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995289 on 2022-07-10
2. Genus summary for Succinella

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
• AnimalBase info at: [1]

External links

• Mabille, J. (1871). Histoire malacologique du bassin parisien ou histoire naturelle des animaux mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles qui vivent dans les environs de Paris. Premier fascicule. 1-128, pl. 1-2. Paris, Bouchard-Huzard
• An image of four shells of S. oblonga at: [2]