Myosotella

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.

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

Species

Species within the genus Myosotella include:

References
  1. 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


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