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
Species within the genus Myosotella include:
- † Myosotella bardini (Tournouër, 1872)
- † Myosotella benoisti (Degrange-Touzin, 1892)
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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)
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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
References
- 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.
