Pl. -eæ, eas. Zool. [mod.L. (Draparnaud), fem. of succineus, f. succinum amber, SUCCIN.] Any gasteropod of the genus of this name: so called from the transparent texture and amber color of the shell.
1840. Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 349. The Succinea … has an ovate shell, with an aperture longer than its width.
1863. Lyell, Antiq. Man, xvi. 332. I found the fluviatile loam or brick-earth, enclosing the usual helices and succineæ.
1902. Cornish, Natur. Thames, 16. Tiny physas and succineas, no larger than shot.
