Myosotella denticulata

Myosotella denticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata

Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Myosotella
Species: M. denticulata
Binomial name
Myosotella denticulata
(G. Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Alexia (Kochia) oranica Pallary, 1900
  • Alexia armoricana Bourguignat, 1887
  • Alexia letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1886
  • Alexia oranica Pallary, 1900
  • Alexia ringicula Locard, 1893
  • Auricula payraudeaui Shuttleworth, 1843
  • Carychium personatum Michaud, 1831
  • Ovatella (Alexia) denticulata (Montagu, 1803)
  • Ovatella myosotis var. ringens (Turton, 1819)
  • Phytia letourneuxi (Bourguignat, 1886)
  • Voluta denticulata Montagu, 1803 (original combination)
  • Voluta reflexa Turton, 1819
  • Voluta ringens Turton, 1819

Myosotella denticulata, common name the "mouse ear snail", is a European species of small, salt marsh snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae. [1]

Distribution

This species is found in:

Taxonomy

May be a form of Myosotella myosotis [3] See this species for a description.

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2014). Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139672 on 2015-02-24
  2. Invertebrate Ireland
  3. Animalbase

External links

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