Myosotella
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. [2]
| Myosotella | |
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| live Myosotella myosotis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Myosotella Monterosato, 1906[1] |
| Type species | |
| Auricula payraudeaui Shuttleworth, 1843 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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It feeds on algae growing on the rocks in a stream.
Species
Species within the genus Myosotella include:
- † Myosotella bardini (Tournouër, 1872)
- † Myosotella benoisti (Degrange-Touzin, 1892)
- Myosotella bicolor (Morelet, 1860)
- † Myosotella blesensis (de Morgan, 1917)
- † Myosotella boissyi (Cossmann, 1889)
- † Myosotella depressa (O. Boettger, 1877)
- † Myosotella dumortieri (Fontannes, 1876)
- † Myosotella fusiformis (A. Bell, 1870)
- † Myosotella mucronata (O. Boettger, 1875)
- † Myosotella munieri (Tournouër, 1872)
- Myosotella myosotis Draparnaud, 1801
- † Myosotella myotis (Brocchi, 1814)
- † Myosotella obovata (Paladilhe, 1874)
- † Myosotella polyodon (F. Sandberger, 1872)
- † Myosotella raouli (Ivolas & Peyrot, 1900)
- † Myosotella torulosa (Paladilhe, 1874)
- † Myosotella viennensis (Fontannes, 1876)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803): synonym of 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.
- 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. [Molluscs of the suborder Ellobioidei (Pulmonata) of the shores of the Mediterranean and European Atlantic]. Вестник зоологии [Vestnik Zoologii]. (1993)4: 3-9.
External links
- AnimalBase info at:
- Monterosato, T. A. di. (1906). Articolo sulle Auriculidae, Assiminidae e Truncatellidae dei mari d'Europa. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series, 18 (6): 125–130
- Gray, J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 1, 20: 267-273.
- Wenz, W. (1920). Die Ellobiiden des Mainzer Beckens. Senckenbergiana. 2: 189-192
- Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls
- Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422
- Martins, A. M. de F. (1999). On the generic separation of Ovatella Bivona, 1832 and Myosotella Monterosato (Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). Iberus. 17(2): 59-75†
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