Retilaskeya emersonii explained

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]

Habitat

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

References

• 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

• 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
• 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.
• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579233 Retilaskeya emersonii
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .