Retilaskeya emersonii

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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
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Retilaskeya
Species:
R. emersonii
Binomial name
Retilaskeya emersonii
(C. B. Adams, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithiopsis emersonii (C.B. Adams, 1839)
  • Cerithiopsis persubulata J. A. Gardner, 1948 (uncertain synonym)
  • Cerithium bicostatum Emmons, 1858 (uncertain synonym)
  • Cerithium emersonii C. B. Adams, 1839 (original combination)

Description

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

Habitat

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Retilaskeya emersonii at World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ a b c 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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