North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Alexia Leach, 1847


Myosotella myosotis

AphiaID

574815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574815)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Alexia Stephens, 1833 [Coleoptera]; Nealexia is a replacement name)

Accepted Name

Myosotella Monterosato, 1906

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Voluta denticulata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Pythiinae Odhner, 1925

Orig. name

Alexia Leach, 1847

Synonymised names

Auricula (Alexia) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted

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Subgenus Alexia (Auricula) Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Ellobium Röding, 1798

» Species Alexia (Auricula) myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)

Subgenus Alexia (Kochia) Pallary, 1900 accepted as Myosotella Monterosato, 1906

» Species Alexia (Kochia) oranica Pallary, 1900 accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)

Subgenus Alexia (Leuconia) Gray, 1840 accepted as Auriculinella Tausch, 1886 †

» Species Alexia (Leuconia) micheli (Mittre, 1841), sensu Bourguignat, 1864 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (misapplication)

Subgenus Alexia (Pseudomelampus) Pallary, 1900 accepted as Pseudomelampus Pallary, 1900 (original rank as subgenus)

» Species Alexia (Pseudomelampus) jolyi Pallary, 1900 accepted as Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832) (synonym)
» Species Alexia (Pseudomelampus) kochi Pallary, 1900 accepted as Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832) (synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20: 267-273., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alexia Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574815 on 2023-04-02

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023). European Register of Marine Species. Alexia Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=574815 on 2023-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-07-03 10:07:38Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-08-23 17:11:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-05-07 13:12:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20: 267-273., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]

source of synonymy Martins, A. M. de F. (1999). On the generic separation of Ovatella Bivona, 1832 and Myosotella Monterosato (Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). Iberus. 17(2): 59-75., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4654104 [details]

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Myosotella myosotis [image from typetaxon]


Myosotella myosotis [image from typetaxon]


Myosotella myosotis [image from typetaxon]


Myosotella denticulata [image from typetaxon]


Myosotella denticulata [image from typetaxon]


Mouse-ear saltmarsh... [image from typetaxon]


Mouse-ear saltmarsh... [image from typetaxon]


Myosotella myosotis [image from typetaxon]


Myosotella myosotis [image from typetaxon]