Myosotella
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Myosotella | |
|---|---|
| live Myosotella myosotis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Myosotella Monterosato, 1906[1] |
| Type species | |
| Auricula payraudeaui Shuttleworth, 1843 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
Myosotella is a European genus or subgenus (of Ovatella) of small, salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae.[2]
It feeds on algae growing on the rocks in a stream.