Succinella

Succinella
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:	Succineoidea
Family:	Succineidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	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. [1]

Species[]

Species within the genus Succinella include:

• Succinella oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 - the type species

References[]

• AnimalBase info at: [2]

External links[]

• An image of four shells of S. oblonga at: [3]

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