''Myosotella'' is a European
genus
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or
subgenus
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed betw ...
(of ''
Ovatella
''Ovatella'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Ellobiidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern Africa and Northern America.
Species
*''Ovatella aequalis''
*''Ovatella boettgeri''
*''Ovatella firminii''
*' ...
'') of small,
salt marsh
A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is domin ...
snail
A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class G ...
s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Pythiinae of the family
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Monterosato, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137924 on 2021-03-28]
It feeds on algae growing on the rocks in a stream.
Species
Species within the genus ''Myosotella'' include:
* † ''
Myosotella bardini''
(Tournouër, 1872)
* † ''
Myosotella benoisti''
(Degrange-Touzin, 1892)
* ''
Myosotella bicolor''
(Morelet, 1860)
* † ''
Myosotella blesensis
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that liv ...
''
(de Morgan, 1917)
* † ''
Myosotella boissyi''
(Cossmann, 1889)
* † ''
Myosotella depressa''
(O. Boettger, 1877)
* † ''
Myosotella dumortieri''
(Fontannes, 1876)
* † ''
Myosotella fusiformis
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
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(A. Bell, 1870)
* † ''
Myosotella mucronata
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
''
(O. Boettger, 1875)
* † ''
Myosotella munieri
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
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(Tournouër, 1872)
* ''
Myosotella myosotis
''Myosotella myosotis'', common name the mouse ear snail, is a European species of small salt marsh snail, a Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell.
The ...
''
Draparnaud, 1801
* † ''
Myosotella myotis
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* † ''
Myosotella obovata
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
''
(Paladilhe, 1874)
* † ''
Myosotella polyodon
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
''
(F. Sandberger, 1872)
* † ''
Myosotella raouli
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
''
(Ivolas & Peyrot, 1900)
* † ''
Myosotella torulosa
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
''
(Paladilhe, 1874)
* † ''
Myosotella viennensis
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Mon ...
''
(Fontannes, 1876)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Myosotella denticulata''
( Montagu, 1803): synonym of ''
Myosotella myosotis
''Myosotella myosotis'', common name the mouse ear snail, is a European species of small salt marsh snail, a Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell.
The ...
''
(Draparnaud, 1801)
References
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Starobogatov, Ya.I. & Anistratenko, V.V. (1993). Моллюски подотряда Ellobioidei (Pulmonata) побережья Средиземного моря и Ев- ропейской Атлантики.
olluscs of the suborder Ellobioidei (Pulmonata) of the shores of the Mediterranean and European Atlantic Вестник зоологии
estnik Zoologii (1993)4: 3-9.
External links
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Monterosato, T. A. di. (1906). Articolo sulle Auriculidae, Assiminidae e Truncatellidae dei mari d'Europa. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series, 18 (6): 125–130Gray, J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 1, 20: 267-273. Wenz, W. (1920). Die Ellobiiden des Mainzer Beckens. Senckenbergiana. 2: 189-192Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 plsPallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422Martins, A. M. de F. (1999). On the generic separation of Ovatella Bivona, 1832 and Myosotella Monterosato (Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). Iberus. 17(2): 59-75��
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