Retilaskeya emersonii

Retilaskeya emersonii is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Newtoniellidae, which is known from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. It was described by C.B. Adams in 1839.[1]

Retilaskeya emersonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
Family:
Newtoniellidae
Genus:
Retilaskeya
Species:
R. emersonii
Binomial name
Retilaskeya emersonii
(C. B. Adams, 1839)
Synonyms[1]

Cerithiopsis emersonii (C.B. Adams, 1839)

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 11.4 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 70 m.[2]

References
  1. Retilaskeya emersonii at World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  • Rolan E. & Espinosa J. (1992) La familia Cerithiopsidae H. y A. Adams, 1853 (Mollusca, Gastropoda), en la isla de Cuba. 1. El genero Retilaskeya Marshall, 1978. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 16: 39-44. [January 1992]


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