Succinella

Succinella
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:	Succineoidea
Family:	Succineidae
Subfamily:	Succineinae
Genus:	Succinella Mabille, 1871

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.

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

• AnimalBase info at: [2]

External links

• An image of four shells of S. oblonga at: [3]