Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succineidae Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181585 on 2021-02-23
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.Janus, Horst, 1965. ‘’The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs’’, Burke, London
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).Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
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:The Animal Diversity Web (online)
† Eoquickia Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2016 † Papyrotheca Brusina, 1893 † Suratia Hamilton-Bruce & Kear, 2010
Catinellinae Odhner, 1950 Catinella Pease, 1870 Indosuccinea Rao, 1924 Mediappendix Pilsbry, 1948 Quickella C. Boettgger, 1939 Quickia Odhner, 1950
Oxylomatinae Schileyko & Likharev, 1986 Oxyloma Westerlund, 1885
Succineinae Beck, 1837 Austrosuccinea Iredale, 1937 Boninosuccinea Habe, 1956 Camptonyx Benson, 1858 Helisiga Lesson, 1831 Hyalimax H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 † Laxisuccinea Cooke, 1921 Lithotis W. T. Blanford, 1863 Neosuccinea Matekin, 1956 Novisuccinea Pilsbry, 1948 Omalonyx d'Orbigny, 1837Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Pamirsuccinea Schileyko & Likharev, 1986 Spirancinea Iredale, 1945 Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Succinella 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, 1837 Amphibina W. Hartmann, 1821: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Amphibulima Gistel, 1848: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 (Invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Succinea; also a junior homonym of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805) Arborcinea Iredale, 1937: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Brachyspira L. Pfeiffer, 1855 †: synonym of Succinea (Brachyspira) L. Pfeiffer, 1855 represented as Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Cerinasota Iredale, 1939: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Cochlohydra A. Férussac, 1821: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Homalonyx Ancey, 1881: synonym of Omalonyx d'Orbigny, 1838 (unjustified emendation) Hydrophyga Lindholm, 1927: synonym of Succinella Mabille, 1871 Hydrotropa Lindholm, 1927: synonym of Oxyloma Westerlund, 18854* Lucena Hartmann, 1821: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Neohyalimax Simroth, 1896: synonym of Omalonyx d'Orbigny, 1838 Succinastrum J. Mabille, 1871: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Succinoides Schileyko, 1967: synonym of Oxyloma (Succinoides) Schileyko, 1967 represented as Oxyloma Westerlund, 1885 Tapada S. Studer, 1820: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801 Truella Pease, 1871: synonym of Succinea Draparnaud, 1801
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Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397.