Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Succineidae Scientific name Succinea costaricana | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Succineoidea Genus Succinea Rank Species | |
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Similar Succinea, Ovachlamys fulgens, Chittenango ovate amber sn, Succineidae, Veronicellidae | ||
Succinea costaricana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
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Distribution
The distribution of this species is Neotropical and includes:
Ecology
Succinea costaricana usually lives under leaf litter.
Human importance
Succinea costaricana is quarantine pest, which damages ornamental plants. In 1992, an estimated population density at an ornamental plant farm growing Dracaena in Limón Province, Costa Rica, was 282,900 snails per ha.
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