(Draparnaud, 1801)

Description:
Shell is thin, rather short and broad, with seven whorls, the last whorl comprising about three-quarters of the total shell height. Aperture is oval, with distinctly thickened inner and outer lips, each bearing at least three distinct teeth.

Size:
Up to 8 mm.

Colour:
Greyish-brown (O. myosotis).

Habitat:
Upper shore, particularly in estuaries, among seaweed, saltmarsh plants and rotting debris.

Distribution:
Locally common (Distr. O. myosotis).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Pulmonata
Order Basommatophora
Superfamily Ellobioidea
Family Ellobiidae
Genus Ovatella
Species Ovatella myosotis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Ovatella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Auricula myosotis Draparnaud, 1801
Voluta denticulata Montagu, 1803
Voluta ringens Turton, 1819
Voluta reflexa Turton, 1819
Auricula tenella Menke, 1830
Carychium personatum Michaud, 1831
Auricula gracilis Lowe, 1832
Auricula dubia Cantraine, 1836 non Auricula dubia Grateloup, 1828
Auricula venetiensis Von Mühlfeldt in Villa A. & G.B., 1841
Auricula biasolettiana Küster, 1844
Auricula kutschigiana Küster, 1844
Auricula microstoma Küster, 1844
Auricula ciliata Morelet, 1845
Auricula botteriana Philippi, 1846
Alexia obsoleta Pfeiffer L., 1854
Alexia payraudeaui Shuttleworth in Pfeiffer L., 1856
Auricula bicolor Morelet, 1860
Auricula vespertina Morelet, 1860
Alexia algerica Bourguignat, 1864
Alexia loweana Pfeiffer, 1866
Auricula watsoni Wollaston, 1878
Auricula veneta Von Martens, 1884
Alexia letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1886
Alexia armoricana Bourguignat, 1887
Alexia enhalia Bourguignat, 1887
Alexia cossoni Bourguignat, 1887
Alexia pechaudi Bourguignat, 1887
Alexia parva Locard, 1893
Alexia ringicula Locard, 1893
Alexia oranica Pallary, 1900
Phytia letourneuxi var. tanousi Pallary, 1913
Alexia myosotis var. varicosa Fenaux, 1939
Phytia myosotis

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Seaward, D.R., 1990. Distribution of the marine molluscs of north west Europe. Nature Conservancy Council.

Willmann, R., 1989. Muscheln und Schnecken der Nord- und Ostsee. Neumann-Neudamm.

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