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Retilaskeya emersonii

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  • 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)

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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.[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579233 Retilaskeya emersonii] at World Register of Marine Species.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 11.4 mm.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.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 70 m.

References

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  • 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]

External links

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266920 Adams, C. B. (1839). Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2: 262-288, pl. 4]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17554982 Emmons E. (1858). Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties. Together with descriptions of the fossils of the Marl Beds. Henry D. Turner, Raleigh. xvi + 314 pp.]
  • [https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0199b/report.pdf Gardner, J. (1948). Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 199-B: 179-310]

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Category:Newtoniellidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1839

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