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 > Genus Myosotella

Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Voluta Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myosotella*	Monterosato, 1906	accepted genus name
*Alexia*	Leach, 1847	junior homonym
*Alexia (Kochia)*	Pallary, 1900	junior homonym
*Auricula (Alexia)*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Auricula scrobiculata*	Wollaston, 1878	subjective synonym
*Auricula subarmata*	Wollaston, 1878	subjective synonym
*Missing biasolettiana*	Kuster, 1844	subjective synonym
*Missing kutschigiana*	Kuster, 1844	subjective synonym
*Missing obsoleta*	L. Pfeiffer, 1854	subjective synonym
*Missing payraudeaui*	L. Pfeiffer, 1854	subjective synonym
*Alexia (Auricula) myosotis*	(Draparnaud, 1801)	synonym
*Alexia (Auricula) myosotis var. hiriarti*	de Folin & Bérillon, 1874	synonym
*Alexia (Kochia) oranica*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Alexia (Leuconia) micheli var. elongata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Alexia (Leuconia) micheli var. incrassata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Alexia algerica*	Bourguignat, 1864	synonym
*Alexia armoricana*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Alexia balearica*	Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862	synonym
*Alexia cossoni*	A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887	synonym
*Alexia enhalia*	Bourguignat, 1887	synonym
*Alexia exilis*	Locard, 1893	synonym
*Alexia letourneuxi*	Bourguignat, 1887	synonym
*Alexia loweana*	L. Pfeiffer, 1866	synonym
*Alexia myosotis*	(Draparnaud, 1801)	synonym
*Alexia myosotis var. varicosa*	Fenaux, 1939	synonym
*Alexia obsoleta*	L. Pfeiffer, 1854	synonym
*Alexia parva*	Locard, 1893	synonym
*Alexia pechaudi*	Bourguignat, 1887	synonym
*Alexia ringicula*	Locard, 1893	synonym
*Auricula (Alexia) meridionalis*	Brazier, 1877	synonym
*Auricula biasolettiana*	Küster, 1844	synonym
*Auricula bicolor*	Morelet, 1860	synonym
*Auricula botteriana*	R. A. Philippi, 1846	synonym
*Auricula ciliata*	Morelet, 1845	synonym
*Auricula dubia*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Auricula kutschigiana*	Küster, 1845	synonym
*Auricula microstoma*	Küster, 1845	synonym
*Auricula myosotis var. adriatica*	Küster, 1844	synonym
*Auricula myosotis var. elongata*	Küster, 1844	synonym
*Auricula payraudeaui*	Shuttleworth, 1843	synonym
*Auricula tenella*	Menke, 1830	synonym
*Auricula veneta*	G. von Martens, 1844	synonym
*Auricula vespertina*	Morelet, 1860	synonym
*Auricula watsoni*	Wollaston, 1878	synonym
*Carychium personatum*	Michaud, 1831	synonym
*Leuconia ciliata*	(Morelet, 1845)	synonym
*Melampus gracilis*	R. T. Lowe, 1832	synonym
*Myosotella denticulata*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Ovatella gracilis*	(R. T. Lowe, 1832)	synonym
*Ovatella kutschigiana*	(Küster, 1845)	synonym
*Ovatella micheli*	(Mittre, 1841) sensu Bourguignat, 1864	synonym
*Ovatella myosotis*	(Draparnaud, 1801)	synonym
*Ovatella myosotis salentina*	Palazzi & Curini Galletti, 1982	synonym
*Ovatella myosotis var. ringens*	(W. Turton, 1819)	synonym
*Pythia letourneuxi*	(Bourguignat, 1887)	synonym
*Pythia letourneuxi var. tanousi*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Voluta reflexa*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym
*Voluta ringens*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym
*Alexia (Leuconia) micheli*	(Mittre, 1841), sensu Bourguignat, 1864	misapplied name
*Alexia micheli*	(Mittre, 1841), sensu Bourguignat, 1864	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: evesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewoon muizeoortje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: mouse-eared snail sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: ovatelle naine des vases

Literature

basis of record	Frias Martins A.M. de. (1996). Anatomy and systematics of the Western Atlantic Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Malacologia. 37: 163-332.
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.
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.
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.
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].
identification resource	Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.