Succinella oblonga

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Succinella oblonga
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Shell of Succinella oblonga (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Succinella
Species:
S. oblonga
Binomial name
Succinella oblonga
(Draparnaud, 1801) [1]
Synonyms
  • Succinea (Amphibina) oblongaDraparnaud, 1801
  • † Succinea (Amphibina) paludinaeformisF. Sandberger, 1873 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Succinea (Succinella) oblonga(Draparnaud, 1801) (unaccepted combination)
  • Succinea oblongaDraparnaud, 1801 (original combination)
  • † Succinea oblonga var. schumacheriAndreae, 1884 (junior subjective synonym)

Succinella oblonga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae. [2]

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Succinella oblonga is the type species of the genus Succinella .

Catinella arenaria genitalia in Danmarks Fauna SuccineaQuickellaDanmarksFauna.jpg
Catinella arenaria genitalia in Danmarks Fauna

Description

The shell is c. 8 mm in height and up 4.5 mm wide. It has 3 to 3½ strongly arched whorls which are set off from each other by a deep suture. The last whorl is highly inflated, the aperture height occupying about half of the total height. The shell is dextral and relatively thick-walled. The shell is opaque, the surface is matte. The colour is amber on the coast, inland it is rather pale yellowish grey to greenish white in colour. The surface is rough and bears somewhat irregular growth bands. Often the surface layer is camouflaged with dirt or droppings. The animal is mostly grey in colour.

The shell closely resembles that of Quickella arenaria. These two species are separated by anatomical differences: S. oblonga has a long penis with an epiphallus, long vas deferens and no black spot at the insertion of retractor at the penis.

Distribution

This species lives throughout Europe, including but not limited to Latvia, Bulgaria, [3] Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, [4] Netherlands, Great Britain, and Ireland.

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References

  1. ↑ Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Succinella oblonga (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002806 on 2022-07-10
  3. ↑ Georgiev D. G. (2006). "Two new species from the family Succineidae (Beck, 1837) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) to the fauna of Bulgaria". Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia41: 7-11. PDF.
  4. ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.


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