Myosotella denticulata

Myosotella denticulata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Myosotella
Species:	M. denticulata
Binomial name
*Myosotella denticulata* (G. Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms
Alexia (Kochia) oranica Pallary, 1900 Alexia armoricana Bourguignat, 1887 Alexia letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1886 Alexia oranica Pallary, 1900 Alexia ringicula Locard, 1893 Auricula payraudeaui Shuttleworth, 1843 Carychium personatum Michaud, 1831 Ovatella (Alexia) denticulata (Montagu, 1803) Ovatella myosotis var. ringens (Turton, 1819) Phytia letourneuxi (Bourguignat, 1886) Voluta denticulata Montagu, 1803 (original combination) Voluta reflexa Turton, 1819 Voluta ringens Turton, 1819

Myosotella denticulata, common name the "mouse ear snail", is a European species of small, salt marsh snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is found in:

Great Britain
Ireland^[2]
The Netherlands
Belgium, France (Corsica, France (mainland)), Portugal (Azores, Madeira), Spain (Balearics, Spain (mainland))

May be a form of Myosotella myosotis ^[3] See this species for a description.

↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139672 on 2015-02-24
↑ Invertebrate Ireland
↑ Animalbase

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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