Succinella

Succinella
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Succineoidei
Superfamily:	Succineoidea
Family:	Succineidae
Genus:	Succinella Mabille, 1871
Type species
Succinea oblonga Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
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.

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

References

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

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:

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