Description: Very similar to Myosotella denticulata but larger and broader and consistently coloured reddish-brown to mid-brown. The outer lip in mature specimens has no more than a single denticle. Habitat is different from that of M. denticulata, living only in partially saline, estuarine conditions. 6.5-8 mm.

World Distribution: Distributed along coasts from Denmark and the British Isles to the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Distribution type: Mediterranean-Atlantic (91).

Irish Distribution: Locally common around the Irish coast in estuarine or brackish habitats.

Ecology:

• Confined to sheltered rocky or muddy coastlines at or above HWM in estuaries or sheltered inlets of the sea
• Shelters under stones and at the roots of saltmarsh vegetation

Key Identification Features:

• A slightly shiny fairly robust red-brown shell with body whorl greater than half total height
• Aperture ear-shaped with two lamellae (one large) on the columella and one denticle or none on the outer lip
• Whorls flattened and sutures shallow

Taxonomy:

• See Myosotella denticulata.

Red list status:

• Least concern (lc).

Distribution Map from NBN: Myosotella myosotis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Myosotella myosotis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Myosotella myosotis | Classification: Gastropoda, Ellobiida, Ellobiidae, Myosotella

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