For a clear view of the features within the aperture, including far-back rows of teeth, the animal may need a prod with a small brush to make it withdraw, and the shell requires tilting at different angles.
There is no operculum to reduce dessication; the species is an obligatory hygrophile.
Five views at different angles of a single 3.5 mm high, live specimen in air. Salting on tidal River Dee, Flintshire, Wales. December 2018.
11 Myosotella myosotis form denticulata.
