''Myosotella'' is a European
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(of ''
Ovatella'') of small,
salt marsh
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snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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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, marine, and brackish snails; pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
.
[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 benoisti''
(Degrange-Touzin, 1892)
* ''
Myosotella bicolor''
(Morelet, 1860)
* † ''
Myosotella blesensis''
(de Morgan, 1917)
* † ''
Myosotella boissyi''
(Cossmann, 1889)
* † ''
Myosotella depressa''
(O. Boettger, 1877)
* † ''
Myosotella dumortieri''
(Fontannes, 1876)
* † ''
Myosotella elongata''
(Briart & Cornet, 1887)
* † ''
Myosotella fusiformis''
(A. Bell, 1870)
* † ''
Myosotella mucronata''
(O. Boettger, 1875)
* † ''
Myosotella munieri''
(Tournouër, 1872)
* ''
Myosotella myosotis
''Myosotella myosotis'', common name the mouse ear snail, is a European species of small salt marsh snail, a Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell.
The s ...
''
Draparnaud, 1801
* † ''
Myosotella myotis''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* † ''
Myosotella obovata''
(Paladilhe, 1874)
* † ''
Myosotella pisolina''
(Deshayes, 1830)
* † ''
Myosotella raouli
''Myosotella'' is a European genus or subgenus (of ''Ovatella'') of small, salt marsh snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. ...
''
(Ivolas & Peyrot, 1900)
* † ''
Myosotella torulosa''
(Paladilhe, 1874)
* † ''
Myosotella viennensis''
(Fontannes, 1876)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Myosotella bardini''
(Tournouër, 1872): synonym of † ''
Tralia bardini''
(Tournouër, 1872)
* ''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 mollusc, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell.
The s ...
''
(Draparnaud, 1801)
* † ''Myosotella polyodon''
(F. Sandberger, 1872): synonym of † ''
Tralia bardini''
(Tournouër, 1872)
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.
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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
Ellobiidae
Taxa described in 1906
Gastropod genera
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