Oxyloma is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family

Family (biology)

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 Succineidae

Succineidae

Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored...

, the ambersnails.

Species

The genus Oxyloma includes the following species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 and subspecies

Subspecies

Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

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• Oxyloma decampi - Marshall ambersnail
• Oxyloma deprimidum
• Oxyloma elegans
  Oxyloma elegans
  Oxyloma elegans is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Distribution and conservation status:...
  
  (Risso, 1826)
• Oxyloma effusum - coastal plain ambersnail
• Oxyloma groenlandicum - ruddy ambersnail
• Oxyloma hawkinsi - boundary ambersnail
• Oxyloma haydeni
  Oxyloma haydeni
  Oxyloma haydeni, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.- Subspecies :* Oxyloma haydeni haydeni - Niobrara ambersnail...
  
  (W. G. Binney, 1858)
  • Oxyloma haydeni haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858) - Niobrara ambersnail
  • Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis (Pilsbry, 1948) - Kanab ambersnail
• Oxyloma missoula - ninepipes ambersnail
• Oxyloma nuttallianum - oblique ambersnail
• Oxyloma patentissima
  Oxyloma patentissima
  Oxyloma patentissima is a species of a land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Distribution:Distribution of Oxyloma patentissima include:* Lake Chad* Angola* Botswana...
  
  (Pfeiffer, 1853)
• Oxyloma peoriense - depressed ambersnail
• Oxyloma retusum (Lea, 1834) - blunt ambersnail
• Oxyloma sarsii
  Oxyloma sarsii
  Oxyloma sarsii is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Distribution:...
  
  (Esmark & Hoyer, 1886)
• Oxyloma salleanum - Louisiana ambersnail
• Oxyloma sillimani - Humboldt ambersnail
• Oxyloma subeffusum - Chesapeake ambersnail
• Oxyloma verrilli - maritime ambersnail

Conservation status

The only Oxyloma species or subspecies listed in the IUCN Red List

IUCN Red List

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 of 2006 is the Kanab ambersnail

Kanab ambersnail

The Kanab ambersnail, scientific name Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis or Oxyloma kanabense, is a critically endangered subspecies or species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails...

 (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis), which is critically endangered

Critically endangered

Version 2010.3 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 3744 Critically Endangered species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and subpopulations.Critically Endangered by kingdom:*1993 Animalia*2 Fungi*1745 Plantae*4 Protista-References:...

. No others have been assessed by the IUCN.

The Niobrara ambersnail

Niobrara ambersnail

Oxyloma haydeni haydeni, common name the Niobrara ambersnail, is a subspecies of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails....

 (Oxyloma haydeni haydeni) is listed as a "Wyoming Species of Greatest Conservation Need" by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.