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Myosotella myosotis Mouse-ear-shelled Snail, Mouse-eared Marsh Snail

Myosotella myosotis is commonly referred to as Mouse-ear-shelled Snail, Mouse-eared Marsh Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Myosotella Myosotis,Las Palmas, Spain 2025


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lexID:
17843 
AphiaID:
139673 
Scientific:
Myosotella myosotis 
German:
Mäuseöhrchen 
English:
Mouse-ear-shelled Snail, Mouse-eared Marsh Snail 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Ellobiida (Order) > Ellobiidae (Family) > Myosotella (Genus) > myosotis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Draparnaud, ), 1801 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alaska , Algeria, Azores, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Croatia, Cuba, Danmark, Egypt, European Coasts, Florida, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf of California, Gulf of Maine, Invasive Species, Ireland, Italy, Madeira, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), North-West-Atlantic, Nova Scotia, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, South-Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Uruguay, USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Estuaries (river mouths), Rocky, hard seabeds, Salt marshes, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore) 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-01 20:06:04 

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Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)

Myosotella myosotis, common name the mouse ear snail, is a European species of small salt marsh snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae

Synonymised names
Alexia (Auricula) meridionalis Brazier, 1877 · unaccepted
Alexia (Auricula) myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted
Alexia (Auricula) myosotis var. hiriarti de Folin & Bérillon, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia (Kochia) oranica Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia (Leuconia) micheli (Mittre, 1841), sensu Bourguignat, 1864 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Alexia (Leuconia) micheli var. elongata Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia (Leuconia) micheli var. incrassata Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia (Leuconia) micheli var. minor Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (original combination)
Alexia acuminata Morelet, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alexia algerica Bourguignat, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Alexia algerica var. quadriplicata Bourguignat, 1864 · unaccepted
Alexia armoricana Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia balearica Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia bermudensis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Alexia biasolettiana Küster, 1844 · unaccepted
Alexia bidentata f. americana Kobelt, 1901 · unaccepted
Alexia cossoni A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia denticulata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Alexia enhalia Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia exilis Locard, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alexia globulus Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted
Alexia kutschigiana Küster, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Alexia letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia loweana L. Pfeiffer, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia micheli (Mittre, 1841), sensu Bourguignat, 1864 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Alexia micheli var. triplicata Bourguignat, 1864 · unaccepted
Alexia myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Alexia myosotis marylandica Pilsbry, 1900 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Alexia myosotis var. varicosa Fenaux, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia obsoleta L. Pfeiffer, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia oranica Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted
Alexia parva Locard, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia payraudeaui L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Alexia pechaudi Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia personata (Michaud, 1831) · unaccepted
Alexia pulchella Morelet, 1889 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Alexia reflexilabris (A. d'Orbigny, 1837) · unaccepted
Alexia ringicula Locard, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alexia setifer J. G. Cooper, 1872 · unaccepted
Alexia setifer var. tenuis J. G. Cooper, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Alexia subflava Fenaux, 1939 · unaccepted
Alexia terrestris A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted
Auricula (Alexia) meridionalis Brazier, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula biasolettiana Küster, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula bicolor Morelet, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Auricula bicolor var. subarmata Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted
Auricula botteriana R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Auricula ciliata Morelet, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Auricula dubia Cantraine, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula kutschigiana Küster, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Auricula meridionalis Brazier, 1877 · unaccepted
Auricula microstoma Küster, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula myosotis Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted (original combination)
Auricula myosotis var. adriatica Küster, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula myosotis var. elongata Küster, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula payraudeaui Shuttleworth, 1843 · unaccepted
Auricula reflexilabris A. d'Orbigny, 1837 · unaccepted
Auricula sayi Küster, 1844 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Auricula tenella Menke, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula veneta G. von Martens, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Auricula vespertina Morelet, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula watsoni Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Auricula watsoni scrobiculata Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted
Carychium personatum Michaud, 1831 · unaccepted (synonym)
Conovulus myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Jaminia quinquedens T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted
Leuconia ciliata (Morelet, 1845) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leuconia microstoma (Küster, 1844) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leuconia sayi (Küster, 1844) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melampus borealis Conrad, 1833 · unaccepted
Melampus gracilis R. T. Lowe, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melampus turritus W. G. Binney, 1859 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Ovatella (Alexia) denticulata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Ovatella (Myosotella) myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Ovatella gracilis (R. T. Lowe, 1832) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ovatella kutschigiana (Küster, 1845) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ovatella micheli (Mittre, 1841) sensu Bourguignat, 1864 · unaccepted > misapplication
Ovatella microstoma (Küster, 1845) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ovatella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ovatella myosotis salentina Palazzi & Curini Galletti, 1982 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ovatella myosotis var. ringens (W. Turton, 1819) · unaccepted
Phytia myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted (synonym)
Pythia acuminata (Morelet, 1889) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pythia letourneuxi (Bourguignat, 1887) · unaccepted
Pythia letourneuxi var. tanousi Pallary, 1912 · unaccepted
Tralia (Alexia) myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted
Tralia (Alexia) myosotis f. junior Dall, 1885 · unaccepted
Voluta denticulata Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original combination)
Voluta reflexa W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta ringens W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

  1. exoticsguide.org (en). Abgerufen am 01.11.2025.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 01.11.2025.
  3. wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 01.11.2025.
  4. wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 01.11.2025.

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