Myosotella myosotis

Myosotella myosotis
live Myosotella myosotis
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. myosotis
Binomial name
Myosotella myosotis
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms

Ovatella myosotis

Myosotella 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.

Complete nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial genome of Myosotella myosotis is available since 2008.[1]

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Distribution

As a native snail this species is found in the following countries and islands:

As an exotic, this species is found in:

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 12 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Grande C., Templado J. & Zardoya R. (2008). "Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements". BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8: 61. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-61
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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