Succinea

Succinea
Succinea putris in Oxfordshire
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Succineoidea
Family: Succineidae
Subfamily: Succineinae
Genus: Succinea
Draparnaud, 1801[1]
Type species
Helix putris
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Amphibina W. Hartmann, 1821
  • Amphibulima Gistel, 1848 (Invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Succinea; also a junior homonym of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805)
  • Arborcinea Iredale, 1937
  • † Brachyspira L. Pfeiffer, 1855
  • Cerinasota Iredale, 1939
  • Cochlohydra A. Férussac, 1821
  • Glischrus (Tapada) S. Studer, 1820 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Cochlohydra) A. Férussac, 1821 (junior synonym)
  • Lucena Hartmann, 1821
  • Succinastrum J. Mabille, 1871
  • Succinea (Amphibina) W. Hartmann, 1821 (junior synonym)
  • Succinea (Brachyspira) L. Pfeiffer, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
  • Succinea (Calcisuccinea) Pilsbry, 1948· accepted, alternate representation
  • Succinea (Desmosuccinea) Webb, 1954· accepted, alternate representation
  • Succinea (Heysuccinea) Webb, 1953· accepted, alternate representation
  • Succinea (Kondosuccinea) Patterson, 1989· accepted, alternate representation
  • Succinea (Papusuccinea) Solem, 1959· accepted, alternate representation
  • Succinea (Succinea) Draparnaud, 1801· accepted, alternate representation
  • Succinea (Tapada) S. Studer, 1820
  • Tapada S. Studer, 1820
  • Truella Pease, 1871

Succinea, common name the amber snails, is a large genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae.[2]

The common name refers to the fact that live snails in this genus are translucent and similar to amber in appearance.

  1. ^ Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succinea Draparnaud, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181586 on 2021-02-23