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Succineidae
| Description | Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succineidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Succineidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Succineidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | amber snail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Succineidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (67%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. E. Schultz and E. P. Cheatum. 1970. Bison occidentalis and associated invertebrates from the late Wisconsin of Randall County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 44(5):836-850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Bernsteinschnecken, Amber Snails, Ambersnails, Bärnstenssnäckor, Amber Snail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succineidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Catinellinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Succineinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 39 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Austrosuccinea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Boninosuccinea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Camptonyx genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catinella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eoquickia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Helisiga genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hyalimax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Indosuccinea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Laxisuccinea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lithotis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mediappendix genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neosuccinea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Omalonyx genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oxyloma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pamirsuccinea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Papyrotheca genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Quickella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Quickia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spirancinea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Succinea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 39 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Succinella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Suratia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Glandiana decussata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Quirosia coultasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhamphompoma magnum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1837 | Succineidae Beck |
| 1970 | Succineidae Schultz and Cheatum p. 847 |
| 1994 | Succineidae Roth and Emberton |
| 2005 | Succineidae Bouchet et al. p. 264 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
