Succinea

Succinea
	Succinea putris in Oxfordshire
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Succineoidea
Family:	Succineidae
Subfamily:	Succineinae
Genus:	Succinea; Draparnaud, 1801
Type species
	Helix putris Linnaeus, 1758;
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	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.

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

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