Succinea approximans is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

[1] Robert James Shuttleworth, the authority of this species mentioned six localities in his original description: "prope San Juan, Fajardo, Ceiba, Humacao, Luquillo et ad Rio Blanco".

Bland (1869)[5] and George French Angas (1884)[6] to be dubious.

[2] The habitat of Succinea approximans ranges from relatively dry places to wet areas.

[2] In Grenada, Succinea approximans lives among leaf litter.