Retilaskeya emersonii

Retilaskeya emersonii
Scientific classification
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
	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);

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]

Description

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

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

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