Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.
They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored. They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.
Succineidae is the only family in the superfamily Succineoidea.
The soft parts of the animal appear to be too large for the shell.
Karyotype
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes varies greatly. The most common totals are less than 10, and also lies between 21 and 25, but other values are also possible (according to the values in this table).
Taxonomy
The family Succineidae contains two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Succineinae Beck, 1837 - synonyms: Hyalimacinae Godwin-Austen, 1882; Oxylomatinae Schileyko & I. M. Likharev, 1986
- Catinellinae Odhner, 1950
Genera
Genera in the family Succineidae include:
- â Eoquickia <small>Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2016</small>
- â Papyrotheca <small>Brusina, 1893</small>
- â Suratia <small>Hamilton-Bruce & Kear, 2010</small>
Catinellinae Odhner, 1950
Oxylomatinae <small>Schileyko & Likharev, 1986</small>
- Oxyloma <small>Westerlund, 1885</small>
Succineinae <small>Beck, 1837</small>
- Austrosuccinea <small>Iredale, 1937</small>
- Boninosuccinea <small>Habe, 1956</small>
- Camptonyx <small>Benson, 1858</small>
- Helisiga <small>Lesson, 1831</small>
- Hyalimax <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855</small>
- â Laxisuccinea <small>Cooke, 1921</small>
- Lithotis <small>W. T. Blanford, 1863</small>
- Neosuccinea <small>Matekin, 1956</small>
- Novisuccinea <small>Pilsbry, 1948</small>
- Omalonyx <small>d'Orbigny, 1837</small>
- Pamirsuccinea <small>Schileyko & Likharev, 1986</small>
- Spirancinea <small>Iredale, 1945</small>
- Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Succinella <small>Mabille, 1871</small>
Nomen nudum:
- Papusuccinea <small>Iredale, 1941</small>
Synonyms:
- Subfamily Hyalimacinae <small>Godwin-Austen, 1882</small>: synonym of Succineinae <small>H. Beck, 1837</small>
- Subfamily Oxylomatinae <small>Schileyko & I. M. Likharev, 1986</small>: synonym of Succineinae <small>H. Beck, 1837</small>
- Amphibina <small>W. Hartmann, 1821</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Amphibulima <small>Gistel, 1848</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small> (Invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Succinea; also a junior homonym of Amphibulima <small>Lamarck, 1805</small>)
- Arborcinea <small>Iredale, 1937</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Brachyspira <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small> â : synonym of Succinea (Brachyspira) <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1855</small> represented as Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Cerinasota <small>Iredale, 1939</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Cochlohydra <small>A. Férussac, 1821</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Homalonyx <small>Ancey, 1881</small>: synonym of Omalonyx <small>d'Orbigny, 1838</small> (unjustified emendation)
- Hydrophyga <small>Lindholm, 1927</small>: synonym of Succinella <small>Mabille, 1871</small>
- Hydrotropa <small>Lindholm, 1927</small>: synonym of Oxyloma Westerlund, 18854* Lucena Hartmann, 1821: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801
- Neohyalimax <small>Simroth, 1896</small>: synonym of Omalonyx <small>d'Orbigny, 1838</small>
- Succinastrum <small>J. Mabille, 1871</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Succinoides <small>Schileyko, 1967</small>: synonym of Oxyloma (Succinoides) <small>Schileyko, 1967</small> represented as Oxyloma <small>Westerlund, 1885</small>
- Tapada <small>S. Studer, 1820</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
- Truella <small>Pease, 1871</small>: synonym of Succinea <small>Draparnaud, 1801</small>
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