''Retilaskeya'' is a
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s,
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gastropod
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s in the
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Newtoniellidae
Newtoniellidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Triphoroidea.
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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Retilaskeya B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415925 on 2021-07-04] It was described by Marshall, in 1978.
Species
Species in the genus ''Retilaskeya'' include:
* ''
Retilaskeya albanoi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Retilaskeya bicolor''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
* ''
Retilaskeya chenui''
(Jay & Drivas, 2002)
* ''
Retilaskeya elegantula''
(Powell, 1930)
* ''
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. ''
(C.B. Adams, 1839)
* ''
Retilaskeya horrida''
(Monterosato, 1874)
* ''
Retilaskeya leopardus''
(Rolán & Gori, 2013)
* ''
Retilaskeya papuaensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
* ''
Retilaskeya philippinensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Retilaskeya reunionensis''
(Jay & Drivas, 2002)
* ''
Retilaskeya rufocincta''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Retilaskeya valentini''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020
* ''
Retilaskeya zelandica''
Marshall, 1978
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Retilaskeya nivea''
Faber, 2007: synonym of ''
Cubalaskeya nivea''
(Faber, 2007)
References
* Gründel J. (1980). Bemerkungen zur überfamilie Cerithiopsacea H. & A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda) sowie zur Fassung einiger ihrer Gattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 204: 209-264
External links
Marshall B. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1): 47-120Romani L., Rolán E., Mifsud C. & Crocetta F. (2018). Redescription of Retilaskeya horrida (di Monterosato, 1874) comb. nov. and a re-evaluation of the taxonomic affinity of the genus Retilaskeya (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). Journal of Natural History. 52(1-2): 115-135
Newtoniellidae
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