''Ovatella'' is a genus of
gastropods
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
belonging to 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 ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern Africa and Northern America.
Species
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Ovatella aequalis''
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Ovatella boettgeri''
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Ovatella firminii''
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Ovatella gracilis''
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Ovatella kutschigiana''
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Ovatella microstoma''
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Ovatella pisolina''
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Ovatella vulcani''
;Synonyms:
* ''Ovatella micheli''
(Mittre, 1841): synonym of ''
Auriculinella bidentata''
(Montagu, 1808): synonym of ''
Leucophytia bidentata''
(Montagu, 1808)
* ''Ovatella myosotis''
(Draparnaud, 1801): 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 ...
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(Draparnaud, 1801)
* ''Ovatella polita''
Bivona Ant., 1832: synonym of ''
Megastomia conoidea''
(Brocchi, 1814) (dubious synonym)
* ''Ovatella punctata''
Bivona-Bernardi, 1832: synonym of ''Ovatella firminii''
(Payraudeau, 1827)
References
External links
Bivona Bernardi Ant. (1832). Caratteri d'un nuovo genere di conchiglie della famiglia delle Plicacee del signor De Lamarck. Effemeride scientifiche e letterarie per la Sicilia 1(1): 58-59Martins, A. M. de F. (1999). On the generic separation of Ovatella Bivona, 1832 and Myosotella Monterosato (Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). Iberus. 17(2): 59-75Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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Ellobiidae