Myosotella
Encyclopedia
Myosotella is a European genus
or subgenus
(of Ovatella) of small, salt marsh
snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae
. It eats algae growing on the rocks in a stream.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
or subgenus
Subgenus
In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, which...
(of Ovatella) of small, salt marsh
Salt marsh
A salt marsh is an environment in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and salt water or brackish water, it is dominated by dense stands of halophytic plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh...
snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)....
. It eats algae growing on the rocks in a stream.
Species
Species within the genus Myosotella include:- Myosotella myosotisMyosotella myosotisMyosotella myosotis, common name the mouse ear snail, is an European species of small, salt marsh snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae....
Draparnaud, 1801 - Myosotella denticulataMyosotella denticulataMyosotella 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.- Distribution :This species is found in:* Great Britain* Ireland...
(Montagu, 1803)
External links
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