Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Ellobiida > Superfamily Ellobioidea > Family Ellobiidae > Subfamily Pythiinae

Myosotella Monterosato, 1906

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alexia*	Leach, 1847	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Alexia (Kochia)*	Pallary, 1900	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Auricula (Alexia)*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Children

Myosotella bicolor (Morelet, 1860)
Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)

Literature

original description	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].
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.
taxonomy source	Martins, A. M. de F. (1999). On the generic separation of Ovatella Bivona, 1832 and Myosotella Monterosato (Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). Iberus. 17(2): 59-75.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myosotella Monterosato, 1906. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137924

Ruud A. Bank. Myosotella Monterosato, 1906. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c0856048-256f-4d01-873d-bb054ed7c451