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Succineidae
Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced ...s), terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succineidae Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181585 on 2021-02-23 They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored. They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes. Succineidae is the only family in the superfamily Succineoidea. The soft parts of the animal appear to be too large for the shell.Janus, Horst, 1965. ‘’The young specialist looks at land and freshwa ...
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Succineoidea
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 through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181585 on 2021-02-23 They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored. They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes. Succineidae is the only family in the superfamily Succineoidea. The soft parts of the animal appear to be too large for the shell.Janus, Horst, 1965. ‘’The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs’’, Burke, London Karyotype In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes varies greatly. The most common totals are less than 10, and also lies between 21 and 25, but other values are also possible (according to the values in this table).Barker G. M.: ...
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Boninosuccinea
''Boninosuccinea'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Succineidae Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often ..., the amber snails. Species Species within the genus ''Boninosuccinea'' include: * '' Boninosuccinea ogasawarae'' * '' Boninosuccinea punctulispira'' References Further reading * Abstract in English for one paper in Japanese on the genus: ** Succineidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Succineidae-stub ...
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Catinella (gastropod)
''Catinella'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Succineidae Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often ..., the amber snails. Species Species within this genus include: * '' Catinella arenaria'' (Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1837) - synonym: ''Quickella arenaria'' * '' Catinella aprica'' * '' Catinella baldwini'' * '' Catinella exile'' (Leonard, 1972) * '' Catinella explanata'' * '' Catinella gelida'' * '' Catinella kuhnsi'' * '' Catinella montana'' * '' Catinella paropsis'' * '' Catinella protracta'' * '' Catinella rehderi'' (Pilsbry, 1948) * '' Catinella rotundata'' * '' Catinella rubida'' * '' Catinella stretchiana'' (Pilsbry, 1948) - Sierra ambersnail * '' Catinella thaanumi'' * '' Catinella tuberculata'' ...
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Succinea Putris
''Succinea putris'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family (biology), family Succineidae, the amber snails. Description The 10-17 (27) x 6-8 mm shell has 3-4 whorls. These are relatively flat and with shallow sutures. The body whorl is massive and the aperture is much greater than 50% of shell height. The spire is small. In color the shell is amber yellow. The visible soft parts are yellow with a reddish hue, which becomes lighter downwards to the sides. The animal can also be dark grey. Distribution The distribution of this species is Palearctic, in the Euro-Siberian region, including the following countries and islands: * Belgium * List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic * Finland * List of non-marine molluscs of Germany, Germany * List of non-marine molluscs of the Netherlands, Netherlands * List of non-marine molluscs of Poland, Poland * List of non-marine molluscs of Ukraine, UkraineBalashov, I. and N. Gural-Sverlova ...
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Hyalimax
''Hyalimax'' is a genus of small, air-breathing, land slugs, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Succineidae, the amber snails. This genus has no external shell, but it has an almost flat internal shell plate. Species Species in the genus ''Hyalimax'' includeCharles Hedley, Hedley C. 1892''Art. XVIII.—An Enumeration of the Janellidae'' Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, pages 156-162. cited pages 161-162. (old source from 1892 was used, some of these names may be synonyms): * ''Hyalimax andamanicus'' Godwin-Austen, 1882 - from Port Blair, Andaman Islands. * ''Hyalimax maillardi'' Fischer, 1867 * ''Hyalimax mauritianus'' Rang, 1827 - from Mauritius. * ''Hyalimax perlucidus'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 - from Pouce Mountain, Mauritius. * ''Hyalimax pellucidus'' Quoy & Gaimard (''Hyalimax pellucidus'' seems to be misspelled ''Hyalimax perlucidus''.) * ''Hyalimax reinhardi'' Morch, 1872 - ...
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