Succineidae

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iSuccineidae
Kanab Ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Pulmonata Family: Succineidae
Genera
Catinella Novisuccinea Oxyloma Succinea

Succineidae or Ambersnails are a family of snails.

Contents 1 Conservation 1.1 List of threatened species 1.2 Assigned other IUCN categories 2 References

[edit] Conservation

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) considers five species or subspecies of ambersnail as threatened with extinction, and a further three species are categorized as "data deficient" which were previously considered Vulnerable or extinct, and two species are listed as Near Threatened.

[edit] List of threatened species

• Oxyloma kanabense, Kanab Ambersnail (Critically Endangered)
• Succinea piratarum (Endangered)
• Succinea quadrasi (Endangered)
• Boninosuccinea ogasawarae (Vulnerable)
• Boninosuccinea punctulispira (Vulnerable)

[edit] Assigned other IUCN categories

• Catinella arenaria, Sandbowl Snail (Near Threatened)
• Succinea sanctaehelenae (Near Threatened)
• Succinea guamensis (Data Deficient, previously considered extinct)
• Succinea chittenangoensis, Chittenago Ovate Ambersnail (Data Deficient, previously vulnerable)
• Succinea philippinica (Data Deficient, previously vulnerable)

[edit] References

• The Animal Diversity Web (online)
• 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [www.iucnredlist.org]