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Succinea

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

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderStylommatophora
  5. FamilySuccineidae

Succinea ist eine sehr artenreiche Schneckengattung der Familie der Bernsteinschnecken (Succineidae) aus der Unterordnung der Landlungenschnecken (Stylommatophora).

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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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