Succineidae


Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, 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.

Taxonomy

The family Succineidae contains two subfamilies :
  • Succineinae Beck, 1837 - synonyms: Hyalimacinae Godwin-Austen, 1882; Oxylomatinae Schileyko & I. M. Likharev, 1986
  • Catinellinae Odhner, 1950

Genera

Genera in the family Succineidae include:
  • † Eoquickia Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2016
  • † Papyrotheca Brusina, 1893
  • † Suratia Hamilton-Bruce & Kear, 2010
; Catinellinae Odhner, 1950Catinella Pease, 1870Indosuccinea Rao, 1924Mediappendix Pilsbry, 1948Quickella C. Boettgger, 1939Quickia Odhner, 1950
; Oxylomatinae Schileyko & Likharev, 1986Oxyloma Westerlund, 1885
; Succineinae Beck, 1837Austrosuccinea Iredale, 1937Boninosuccinea Habe, 1956Camptonyx Benson, 1858Helisiga Lesson, 1831Hyalimax H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • † Laxisuccinea Cooke, 1921 Lithotis W. T. Blanford, 1863Neosuccinea Matekin, 1956Novisuccinea Pilsbry, 1948Omalonyx d'Orbigny, 1837Pamirsuccinea Schileyko & Likharev, 1986Spirancinea Iredale, 1945Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Succinella Mabille, 1871
;Nomen nudum:Papusuccinea Iredale, 1941
;Synonyms:
  • Subfamily Hyalimacinae Godwin-Austen, 1882: synonym of Succineinae H. Beck, 1837
  • Subfamily Oxylomatinae Schileyko & I. M. Likharev, 1986: synonym of Succineinae H. Beck, 1837Amphibina W. Hartmann, 1821: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Amphibulima Gistel, 1848: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Arborcinea Iredale, 1937: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Brachyspira L. Pfeiffer, 1855 †: synonym of Succinea L. Pfeiffer, 1855 represented as Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Cerinasota Iredale, 1939: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Cochlohydra A. Férussac, 1821: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Homalonyx Ancey, 1881: synonym of Omalonyx d'Orbigny, 1838 Hydrophyga Lindholm, 1927: synonym of Succinella Mabille, 1871Hydrotropa Lindholm, 1927: synonym of Oxyloma Westerlund, 18854* Lucena Hartmann, 1821: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Neohyalimax Simroth, 1896: synonym of Omalonyx d'Orbigny, 1838Succinastrum J. Mabille, 1871: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Succinoides Schileyko, 1967: synonym of Oxyloma Schileyko, 1967 represented as Oxyloma Westerlund, 1885Tapada S. Studer, 1820: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801Truella Pease, 1871: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801

Conservation status

The World Conservation Union considers five species or subspecies of ambersnail as threatened with extinction, and a further three species are categorized as "data deficient" which were previously considered Vulnerable or Extinct, and two species are listed as Near Threatened.

Threatened species

Assigned other IUCN categories