Mouse-eared snail
Myosotella myosotis
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature10–23 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Tim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tim Johnson · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
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.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Myosotella myosotis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 73 records
- February: 77 records
- March: 73 records
- April: 53 records
- May: 39 records
- June: 41 records
- July: 45 records
- August: 49 records
- September: 67 records
- October: 57 records
- November: 43 records
- December: 50 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 0.9 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 10–23 °C
Photos
(c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Bastien Le Mort, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Mathijs Zonneveld, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) LJ Moore-McClelland, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Mouse-eared snail, Brownish Yellow Phytia, Mouse-eared Marsh Snail, mouse-eared snail, Mouse-eared Snail, Saltmarsh Pulmonate, Snail
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Mäuseöhrchen
- French
- Ellobie des rochers, Grande ellobie, ovatelle naine des vases
Other scientific names: Alexia (Auricula) meridionalis, Alexia (Auricula) myosotis, Alexia (Kochia) oranica, Alexia (Leuconia) micheli, Alexia acuminata, Alexia algerica, Alexia armoricana, Alexia balearica, Alexia bermudensis, Alexia biasolettiana, Alexia cossoni, Alexia denticulata, Alexia enhalia, Alexia exilis, Alexia globulus, Alexia kutschigiana, Alexia letourneuxi, Alexia loweana, Alexia micheli, Alexia myosotis, Alexia obsoleta, Alexia oranica, Alexia parva, Alexia payraudeaui, Alexia pechaudi, Alexia personata, Alexia pulchella, Alexia reflexilabris, Alexia ringicula, Alexia setifer
Similar species
Judas Ear CassidulaEllobium aurisjudae
Midas ear cassidulaEllobium aurismidae
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,700 open-data records from 1871 to 2020.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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