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Genus of gastropods

Myosotella
live Myosotella myosotis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Myosotella
Monterosato, 1906
Type species
Auricula payraudeaui
Shuttleworth, 1843
Synonyms
  • Alexia Leach in Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Alexia Stephens, 1833 ; Nealexia is a replacement name)
  • Alexia (Kochia) Pallary, 1900
  • Auricula (Alexia) Leach in Gray, 1847
  • Kochia Pallary, 1900 (Invalid: junior homonym of Kochia Frech, 1891 )
  • Nealexia Wenz, 1920
  • Ovatella (Alexia) Leach in Gray, 1847
  • Ovatella (Myosotella) Monterosato, 1906
  • Tralia (Alexia) Leach, 1847
  • Volatela Starobogatov, 1993

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.

It feeds on algae growing on the rocks in a stream.

Species

Species within the genus Myosotella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Myosotella bardini (Tournouër, 1872): synonym of † Tralia bardini (Tournouër, 1872)
  • Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Myosotella polyodon (F. Sandberger, 1872): synonym of † Tralia bardini (Tournouër, 1872)

References

  1. Monterosato T. A. di (1906). "Articolo sulle Auriculidae, Assiminidae e Truncatellidae dei mari d'Europa". Il Naturalista Siciliano 18: 125-130. Palermo. page 126.
  2. ^ 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
  • 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. . Вестник зоологии . (1993)4: 3-9.

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Taxon identifiers
Myosotella


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