the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Helicidae > member of genus Succinea (3)
(the shell of) an amber snail (amber snail, n. 2).
A small snail of the genus Succinea or family Succineidae, having a translucent shell of a pale amber colour and typically found in damp…
Any gasteropod of the genus of this name: so called from the transparent texture and amber colour of the shell.