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Succinella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Succineidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Succineoidea

Subfamily
  
Succineinae

Succinella

Similar
  
Succinella oblonga, Oxyloma, Oxyloma sarsii, Platyla polita, Cochlicopa lubricella

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.

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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

    Succinella Wikipedia