Succinea

noun

Suc·​cin·​ea

(ˌ)səkˈsinēə

: a cosmopolitan genus (the type of a family Succineidae) of amphibious or terrestrial pulmonate snails

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, feminine of Latin succineus of amber, from succinum amber; from the color of the shell

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