Succinella
| Succinella | |
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| Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Succineoidea |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Subfamily: | Succineinae |
| Genus: | 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. They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.
Distribution
This genus of snails lives on the continent of Eurasia.
Species
Species within the genus Succinella include:
- Succinella oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 - the type species
References
- AnimalBase info at:
External links
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