| Succinella | |
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| Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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
- ^ 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
- 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:
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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