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Large amber snail

Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The large amber snail (Succinea putris) is a species in the family Succineidae.

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Quick facts about the large amber snail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the large amber snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the large amber snail as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the large amber snail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the large amber snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familySuccineidae
  5. genusSuccinea
  6. SpeciesSuccinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Amphibulima succinea, Helix putris, Helix succinea, Lucena putris, Succinea amphibia, Succinea mariafiri, Succinea putris, Succinea putris var. angusta, Succinea putris var. clessiniana, Succinea putris var. fontana, Succinea putris var. globosoabbreviata, Succinea putris var. grandis, Succinea putris var. succica, Succinea vitracea, Succinea vranceana, Tapada putris

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Common amber snailEnglish
  • Common amber-snailEnglish
  • Common European ambersnailEnglish
  • European ambersnailEnglish
  • Rotten amber snailEnglish
  • jantarka obecnáCzech
  • Almindelig ravsneglDanish
  • Gemeine BernsteinschneckeGerman
  • suur merevaiklaneEstonian
  • meripihkakotiloFinnish
  • Ambrette communeFrench
  • Obični jantarnjakCroatian
  • Nagy borostyánkőcsigaHungarian
  • ホンオカモノアラガイJapanese
  • Didžioji gintarėLithuanian
  • Parastais dzintargliemezisLatvian
  • storravsneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • BarnsteenslakDutch
  • storravsnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Bursztynka pospolitaPolish
  • Янтарка тусклаяRussian
  • jantárovka veľkáSlovak
  • större bärnstenssnäckaSwedish
  • Бурштинка звичайнаUkrainian
  • Ambrette amphibieFrench
  • Gewone barnsteenslakDutch
  • Янтарка обыкновеннаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the large amber snail

Other species in the same genus Succinea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the large amber snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the large amber snail as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Large amber snail (Succinea putris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-amber-snail

MLA

“Large amber snail (Succinea putris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-amber-snail.

BibTeX
@misc{large_amber_snail_2026,
  title = {Large amber snail (Succinea putris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-amber-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}