Succinella
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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|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=
- Hydrophyga Lindholm, 1927
- Succinea (Succinella) Mabille, 1871
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}}
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:
- † Succinella hartmutnordsiecki (Schlickum & Strauch, 1979)
- † Succinella martinovici (Brusina, 1902)
- Succinella oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 - the type species
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]
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13121983 Mabille, J. (1871). Histoire malacologique du bassin parisien ou histoire naturelle des animaux mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles qui vivent dans les environs de Paris. Premier fascicule. 1-128, pl. 1-2. Paris, Bouchard-Huzard]
- An image of four shells of S. oblonga at: [http://elrincondelmalacologo.iespana.es/Repetidas/Agua%20dulce/Succinella%20oblonga.jpg]
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Category:Taxa named by Jules François Mabille
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