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Ovatella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) 
AphiaID: 153912

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Pulmonata (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Pulmonata (Order) > Ellobioidea (Superfamily) > Ellobiidae (Family) > Ovatella (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
Rank Species
Parent Ovatella Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
Synonymised
taxa
  Phytia myosotis (Draparnaud) (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo. [details]

from synonym: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch gewoon muizeoortje  [details]
Dutch muizenoortje  [details]
Swedish stranddvärgsnäcka  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Variety Ovatella myosotis var. ringens (Turton, 1819) accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803)
Environment marine, brackish, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
Dorset [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Het Zwin [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostende [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153912
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-16 10:28:02Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-03-24 13:21:54Z  checked  Gofas, Serge
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2013). Ovatella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153912 on 2013-05-22
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