Pseudosuccinea is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
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| An apertural view of a shell of Pseudosuccinea columella, scale bar, 2 mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
| Genus: | Pseudosuccinea (Say, 1817)[1] |
In this genus, the shells are very similar to those of the land snail genus Succinea, which belongs to a different family.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Pseudosuccinea include:
- Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)[2]
- † Pseudosuccinea dineana (D. W. Taylor, 1957)[3]
References
edit- ^ 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):[1]-18.14-15.
- ^ "Species summary for Pseudosuccinea columella". AnimalBase, last modified 25 March 2011, accessed 28 March 2011.
- ^ 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