Succinella | |
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Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Succineoidea |
Family: | Succineidae |
Genus: |
Succinella Mabille, 1871 |
Type species | |
Succinea oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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. [1]
They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.
This genus of snails lives on the continent of Eurasia. [2]
Species within the genus Succinella include: