Succinella

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Succinella oblonga shell.png

|image_caption = Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga

|taxon = Succinella

|authority = Mabille, 1871

|type_species= Succinea oblonga Draparnaud, 1801

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms=

  • Hydrophyga Lindholm, 1927
  • Succinea (Succinella) Mabille, 1871

|display_parents= 3

}}

Succinella is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae, commonly called amber snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Succinella Mabille, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995289 on 2022-07-10

They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.

Distribution

This genus of snails lives on the continent of Eurasia.[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=886 Genus summary for Succinella]

Species

Species within the genus Succinella include:

References

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  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
  • AnimalBase info at: [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=886]