Myosotella

Myosotella

live Myosotella myosotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Pythiinae
Genus:	Myosotella Monterosato, 1906^[1]
Type species
Auricula payraudeaui Shuttleworth, 1843
Synonyms
Alexia Leach in Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Alexia Stephens, 1833 [Coleoptera]; Nealexia is a replacement name) Alexia (Kochia) Pallary, 1900 Auricula (Alexia) Leach in Gray, 1847 Jaminia T. Brown, 1827 Kochia Pallary, 1900 (Invalid: junior homonym of Kochia Frech, 1891 [Bivalvia]) Nealexia Wenz, 1920 Ovatella (Alexia) Leach in Gray, 1847

Myosotella is a European genus or subgenus (of Ovatella) of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae. It eats algae growing on the rocks in a stream.

Species

Species within the genus Myosotella include:

Myosotella bicolor (Morelet, 1860)
Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803)
Myosotella myosotis Draparnaud, 1801

References

↑ Monterosato T. A. di (1906). "Articolo sulle Auriculidae, Assiminidae [sic] e Truncatellidae dei mari d'Europa". Il Naturalista Siciliano 18: 125-130. Palermo. page 126.

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

External links

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