- Succineidae
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image_caption =Kanab ambersnail
"Oxyloma kanabense "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
ordo =Pulmonata
familia = Succineidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, land
snail s, terrestrialpulmonate gastropod mollusc s. 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.The animal is very soft and also appears to be too large for the shell.
Genera in the family Succineidae
* "
Catinella "
* "Novisuccinea "
* "Oxyloma "
* "Succinea "
* "Succinella "Conservation status
The
World Conservation Union (IUCN) 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 orextinct , and two species are listed asNear Threatened .List of threatened species
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Oxyloma kanabense ",Kanab Ambersnail (Critically Endangered )
*"Succinea piratarum " (Endangered )
*"Succinea quadrasi " (Endangered)
*"Boninosuccinea ogasawarae " (Vulnerable)
*"Boninosuccinea punctulispira " (Vulnerable)Assigned other IUCN categories
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Catinella arenaria ", Sandbowl Snail (Near Threatened )
*"Succinea sanctaehelenae " (Near Threatened)
*"Succinea guamensis " (Data Deficient , previously considered extinct)
*"Succinea chittenangoensis ", Chittenago Ovate Ambersnail (Data Deficient, previously vulnerable)
*"Succinea philippinica " (Data Deficient, previously vulnerable)References
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Succineidae.html The Animal Diversity Web (online)]
* 2006IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . [www.iucnredlist.org]
* Janus, Horst, 1965. ‘’The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs’’, Burke, LondonExternal links
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