WoRMS name details
Alexia Leach, 1847
574815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574815)
unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Alexia Stephens, 1833 [Coleoptera]; Nealexia is a replacement name)
Genus
Voluta denticulata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (type by monotypy)
Auricula (Alexia) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted
- Subgenus Alexia (Auricula) Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Ellobium Röding, 1798
- Species Alexia (Auricula) meridionalis Brazier, 1877 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia (Auricula) myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Subgenus Alexia (Kochia) Pallary, 1900 accepted as Myosotella Monterosato, 1906 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Kochia Frech, 1891 [Bivalvia]; Nealexia is a replacement name)
- 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) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alexia (Pseudomelampus) kochi Pallary, 1900 accepted as Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alexia acuta (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) accepted as Marinula acuta (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alexia algerica Bourguignat, 1864 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, original name)
- Species Alexia armoricana Locard, 1891 accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia balearica Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia bermudensis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (junior synonym)
- Species Alexia biasolettiana Küster, 1844 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) accepted as Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alexia cossoni A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia enhalia Bourguignat, 1887 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia exilis Locard, 1893 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia firmini [sic] accepted as Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Alexia globulus Bourguignat, 1887 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia harrissoni C. E. Beddome, 1883 accepted as Marinula parva (Swainson, 1855)
- Species Alexia kobelti Caruana-Gatto, 1890 accepted as Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alexia kutschigiana Küster, 1845 accepted as Ovatella kutschigiana (Küster, 1845) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alexia letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1887 accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia loweana L. Pfeiffer, 1866 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia micheli (Mittre, 1841), sensu Bourguignat, 1864 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (misapplication)
- Species Alexia myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Alexia obsoleta L. Pfeiffer, 1854 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia oranica Pallary, 1900 accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia paivana L. Pfeiffer, 1866 accepted as Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alexia parva Locard, 1893 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia payraudeaui L. Pfeiffer, 1856 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (junior synonym)
- Species Alexia pechaudi Bourguignat, 1887 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia personata (Michaud, 1831) accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia reflexilabris (A. d'Orbigny, 1837) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia ringicula Locard, 1893 accepted as Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Alexia setifer J. G. Cooper, 1872 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia subflava Fenaux, 1939 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Species Alexia terrestris A. Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Subgenus Alexia (Tralia) J. E. Gray, 1840 represented as Tralia J. E. Gray, 1840
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]
page(s): 269 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alexia Leach, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574815 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]
page(s): 269 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Martins, A. M. de F. (1999). On the generic separation of <i>Ovatella</i> Bivona, 1832 and <i>Myosotella</i> Monterosato (Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). <em>Iberus.</em> 17(2): 59-75., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4654104 [details]
