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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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 within the genus Myosotella include:
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Tommaso di Maria Allery, marchese di Monterosato was an Italian malacologist.
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