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Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)

Myosotella myosotis

AphiaID

139673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139673)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Myosotella Monterosato, 1906

Original name

Auricula myosotis Draparnaud, 1801

Synonymised names

Ovatella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Phytia myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28587765
page(s): 54 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Range: 44.7°N to 31°N; 81°W to 0°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,...

Distribution Range: 44.7°N to 31°N; 81°W to 0°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia; Bermuda [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139673 on 2025-05-13

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139673 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2018-12-31 01:10:52Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28587765
page(s): 54 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors

context source (Bermuda) de Frias Martins, A. M. (2007). Morphological and anatomical diversity within the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Archaeopulmonata). Vita Malacologica, 4: 1-28 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

basis of record Frias Martins A.M. de. (1996). Anatomy and systematics of the Western Atlantic Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Malacologia. 37: 163-332., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113594
page(s): 194, figs 41-84 [details]

additional source Herbert, D.G. (2012). Myosotella myosotis (Mollusca: Ellobiidae) – an overlooked, but well-established introduced species in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 34(3): 459–464. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2012.716374. [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

new combination reference Monterosato, T. A. di. (1906). Articolo sulle Auriculidae, Assiminidae e Truncatellidae dei mari d'Europa. Il Naturalista Siciliano. New Series, 18 (6): 125–130. [January 1st, 1906]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11498075 [details]

identification resource Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 124. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]

Unreviewed

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	evesnegl	[details]
Dutch	muizenoortjegewoon muizeoortje	[details]
English	mouse-ear-shelled snail [from synonym]mouse-eared snailmouseeared snail [from synonym]mouse-eared marsh snail [from synonym]	[details]
French	ovatelle naine des vases	[details]
German	Mäuseöhrchen [from synonym]	[details]
Swedish	stranddvärgsnäcka [from synonym]	[details]