Malacology
Malacology is the study of mollusks. This includes animals like octopus, snails, slugs, and clams. It is the second largest phylum of animals, making them one of the most successful groups on the planet. There are over 80,000 described species of mollusks with many more left to be discovered. Mullusca is composed of 8 recognized classes including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphapoda, Monoplacophorans, the Aplacophorans, Caudofoveata and Solenogastres, and Bivalvia.
Squatty Ambersnail
Tryon, 1866
Succinea unicolor
Class:
Order:
Family:
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Succineidae
ANSP [lectotype]
Ecological Information
Native/Inavsive:
Native
Nature Serve Conservation Status:
G3: Vulnerable
Median Size:
9
Height:
Width:
6
Taper:
0.5
Taxonomic Information
Succinea unicolor
Original Combination:
Etymology
Original Description:
Oval, inflated, very thin, translucent, finely striate; spire very short, apex acute, suture moderately impressed; whorls 3, the last very large; aperture short-ovate, outer lip somewhat expanded. Light corneous.
Length 8, diam. 6 mill.
New Orleans, La.
This shell, mentioned by Pfeiffer as a variety, appears to me to be specifically distinct. Specimens exist in the magnificent collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and for others I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Bland, of New York.
Original Description Citation:
Tryon, G. W. (1866). Monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. American Journal of Conchology. 2(3): 218-279, pls 1-4 [1 July]; 2(4): 306-327, pls 5-6 [6 October].
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