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Succinea forsheyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Succineoidea

Genus
  
Succinea

Higher classification
  
Succinea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Succineidae

Scientific name
  
Succinea forsheyi

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Succinea, Gastropods, Succineidae, Molluscs, Stylommatophora

Succinea forsheyi, common name the spotted ambersnail, is a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

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Succinea concordialis is partially synonymous to Succinea forsheyi according to Hubrich (1985).

Original description of Succinea concordialis

Succinea concordialis was originally discovered and described by Augustus Addison Gould in Latin language in 1848.

Gould's original text (the type description) reads as follows:

Distribution

This species occurs in the USA, in these States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

References

Succinea forsheyi Wikipedia