Retilaskeya Explained

Retilaskeya is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.^[1] 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 (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): 47-120
• Romani 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

Notes and References

1. 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