Succinea

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

Succinea
A live individual of Succinea putris
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:
Succinea

Species

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Species in this genus usually live in damp habitats such as marshes. The common name refers to the fact that live snails in this genus are translucent and similar to amber in appearance.

Species

Species within the genus Succinea include:

  • Succinea angustior (C. B. Adams, 1850)[2]
  • † Succinea antiqua Colbeau, 1867
  • Succinea approximans Shuttleworth, 1854[3]
  • Succinea arangoi Pfeiffer, 1866[2]
  • Succinea archeyi Powell, 1933[4]
  • Succinea barberi (W. B. Marshall, 1926) – Sanibel ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea aurea Lea, 1841[2]
  • Succinea brevis Dunker in Pfeiffer, 1850[2]
  • Succinea californica P. Fischer and Crosse, 1878 – San Tomas ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea campestris Say, 1817 – Crinkled Ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea ceylanica Pfeiffer, 1855
  • Succinea chittenangoensis Pilsbry, 1908 – Chittenango ovate amber snail[5]
  • Succinea costaricana von Martens, 1898[6]
  • Succinea floridana Pilsbry, 1905 – Florida chalksnail[5]
  • Succinea forsheyi I. Lea, 1864 – spotted ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea fulgens Lea, 1841[2]
  • Succinea gabbi Tryon, 1866 – riblet ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea globispira Martens, 1898[7]
  • Succinea guatemalensis Morelet, 1849[7]
  • Succinea greeri Tryon, 1866 – dryland ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea greerii Tryon, 1866 – dryland ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea grosvenori I. Lea, 1864 – Santa Rita ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea gundlachi Pfeiffer, 1852[2]
  • Succinea haustellum Rehder, 1942[7]
  • Succinea indiana Pilsbry, 1905 – Xeric Ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea luteola Gould, 1848 – Mexico ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea macta Poey, 1858[2]
  • Succinea nobilis Poey, 1853[2]
  • Succinea ochracina Gundlach in Poey, 1858[2]
  • Succinea oregonensis I. Lea, 1841 – Oregon ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea paralia Hubricht, 1983 – Saltmarsh Ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea pennsylvanica Pilsbry, 1948 – Penn ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea pseudavara Webb, 1954[5]
  • Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758) – European ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea recisa Morelet, 1851 – rustic ambersnail[7]
  • Succinea rusticana Gould, 1846 – rustic ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea sagra d'Orbigny, 1842[2]
  • † Succinea schumacheri And.[8]
  • Succinea solastra Hubricht, 1961 – Lone Star ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea strigata Pfeiffer, 1855 – striate ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea tenella Morelet, 1865[9]
  • Succinea tenuis Gundlach in Poey, 1858[2]
  • Succinea unicolor Tryon, 1866 – squatty ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea urbana Hubricht, 1961 – urban ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea vaginacontorta C. B. Lee, 1951[5]
  • Succinea wilsoni I. Lea, 1864 – golden ambersnail[5]
  • Succinea wilsonii I. Lea, 1864 – golden ambersnail[5]

Synonyms:

  • Succinea ovalis Say, 1817[5] is a synonym for Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817)
  • Succinea tomentosa L. Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of Austropeplea tomentosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

Additional species, taken from IUCN Red List:


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Ecology

Parasites of Succinea spp. include:

Succinea consume small plants such as mosses as well as leaf litter. Specifically Succinea campestris is known to live in leaf liter, and is also known to be attracted to light, an unusual chracteristic in snail. [11] In mating, the snails are hermaphrodites and mate reciprocally (both snails transfer sperm into one another), however many have preferences in what role they take - some actively seek out mates, mounting the others' shell, while others do not. [12]

References
  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. "Mollusca" Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  3. Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mitteilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern Nr. 310-330: 33-56. page 55.
  4. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  5. "Succinea Draparnaud, 1801". ITIS, accessed 4 January 2011.
  6. Villalobos M. C., Monge-Nájera J., Barrientos Z. & Franco J. (1995). "Life cycle and field abundance of the snail Succinea costaricana (Stylommatophora: Succineidae), a tropical pest". Revista de Biología Tropical 43: 181-188. PDF Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ". Barrientos, Z. 2003. Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica Revista Biología Tropical 51: 293-304.
  8. Meijer T. (2010). "Palaeomalacology of the Brabant Loam (the Netherlands)". In: Bakels C., Fennema K., Out W. A. & Vermeeren C. (eds). Of Plants and Snails: A collection of papers presented to Wim Kuijper in gratitude for forty years of teaching and identifying. Sidestone Press, Leiclen. 179-192. ISBN 978-90-8890-051-8.
  9. Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer 13(1): 53-55. PDF.
  11. "Fact Sheet Succineidae". Terrestrial Mollusc Tool. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  12. Dillen, Lobke; Jordaens, Kurt; De Bruyn, Luc; Backeljau, Thierry (10 September 2010). "Fecundity in the hermaphroditic land snail Succinea putris (Pulmonata: Succineidae): does body size matter?". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 76 (4): 376–383. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq026. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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