| Succinea
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| Succinea putris in Oxfordshire
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Order:
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Stylommatophora
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| Superfamily:
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Succineoidea
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| Family:
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Succineidae
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| Subfamily:
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Succineinae
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| Genus:
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Succinea
Draparnaud, 1801
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| Type species
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Helix putris
Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species
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See text
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| Synonyms
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- Amphibina W. Hartmann, 1821
- Amphibulima Gistel, 1848 (Invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Succinea; also a junior homonym of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805)
- Arborcinea Iredale, 1937
- † Brachyspira L. Pfeiffer, 1855
- Cerinasota Iredale, 1939
- Cochlohydra A. Férussac, 1821
- Glischrus (Tapada) S. Studer, 1820 (junior synonym)
- Helix (Cochlohydra) A. Férussac, 1821 (junior synonym)
- Lucena Hartmann, 1821
- Succinastrum J. Mabille, 1871
- Succinea (Amphibina) W. Hartmann, 1821 (junior synonym)
- Succinea (Brachyspira) L. Pfeiffer, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
- Succinea (Calcisuccinea) Pilsbry, 1948· accepted, alternate representation
- Succinea (Desmosuccinea) Webb, 1954· accepted, alternate representation
- Succinea (Heysuccinea) Webb, 1953· accepted, alternate representation
- Succinea (Kondosuccinea) Patterson, 1989· accepted, alternate representation
- Succinea (Papusuccinea) Solem, 1959· accepted, alternate representation
- Succinea (Succinea) Draparnaud, 1801· accepted, alternate representation
- Succinea (Tapada) S. Studer, 1820
- Tapada S. Studer, 1820
- Truella Pease, 1871
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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.