''Succinella'' is a
genus of small, air-breathing,
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the
family Succineidae
Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succineidae Beck, 1837. Accessed thr ...
, commonly called amber snails.
[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]
They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.
Distribution
This genus of snails lives on the continent of
Eurasia.
Genus summary for Succinella
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Species
Species within the genus ''Succinella'' include:
* † '' Succinella hartmutnordsiecki'' (Schlickum & Strauch, 1979)
* † '' Succinella martinovici'' (Brusina, 1902)
* ''Succinella oblonga
''Succinella oblonga'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Succinella oblonga (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register ...
'' Draparnaud
Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud (3 June 1772, Montpellier – 2 February 1804) was a French naturalist, malacologist and botanist.
Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology in France. He was professor of medicine and pathology at th ...
, 1801 - the type species
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 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
Succineidae
Taxa named by Jules François Mabille
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