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Myosotella

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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[1]
Type species
Auricula payraudeaui
Shuttleworth, 1843
Synonyms[2]
  • 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
  • Kochia Pallary, 1900 (Invalid: junior homonym of Kochia Frech, 1891 [Bivalvia])
  • 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.[2]

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

Species

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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

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  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.
  2. ^ a b 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.
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