''Succinella oblonga'' is a

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of air-breathing

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in the family

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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Succinella oblonga (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002806 on 2022-07-10 ''Succinella oblonga'' is the

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of the genus '' Succinella''.

Description

The shell is c. 8 mm in height and up 4.5 mm wide. It has 3 to 3½ strongly arched whorls which are set off from each other by a deep suture. The last whorl is highly inflated, the aperture height occupying about half of the total height. The shell is dextral and relatively thick-walled. The shell is opaque, the surface is matte. The colour is amber on the coast, inland it is rather pale yellowish grey to greenish white in colour. The surface is rough and bears somewhat irregular growth bands. Often the surface layer is camouflaged with dirt or droppings. The animal is mostly grey in colour. The shell closely resembles that of '' Catinella arenaria'' These two species are separated by anatomical differences: long penis with epiphallus, long vas deferens and no black spot at the insertion of retractor at penis.

Distribution

This species lives in a number of countries and islands including: *

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

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Georgiev D. G. (2006). "Two new species from the family Succineidae (Beck, 1837) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) to the fauna of Bulgaria". ''Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia'' 41: 7-11
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Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. ''Journal of Conchology''. 41 (1): 91-109. *

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References

* Andreae A. (1884). Der Diluvialsand von Hangenbieten im Unter-Elsass, seine geologischen und palaeontologischen Verhältnisse und Vergeich seiner Fauna mit der recenten Fauna des Elsass. Abhandlungen zur geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen. 4 (2): Tit. + 81 pp. * Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. * Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates. * Schileyko A. A. & Likharev I. M. (1986). Land molluscs of the family Succineidae of the USSR fauna. Trudy zoologicheskogo Museya Moskovskogo Universiteta. 24: 197-239

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Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden

Schileyko, A. A. & Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press. 389 pp
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