Pseudosuccinea

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Pseudosuccinea
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An apertural view of a shell of Pseudosuccinea columella , scale bar, 2 mm
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Subfamily: Lymnaeinae
Genus: Pseudosuccinea
(Say, 1817) [1]

Pseudosuccinea is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

In this genus, the shells are very similar to those of the land snail genus Succinea , which belongs to a different family.

Species

Species within the genus Pseudosuccinea include:

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References

  1. Say T. (1817). "Description of seven species of American fresh water and land shells, not noticed in the systems". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(1-2):-18.14-15.
  2. "Species summary for Pseudosuccinea columella". AnimalBase, last modified 25 March 2011, accessed 28 March 2011.
  3. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudosuccinea dineana (D.W. Taylor, 1957) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261071 on 2019-06-08