Retilaskeya
Encyclopedia
Retilaskeya is a genus
of minte sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Cerithiopsidae
. It was described by Marshall, in 1978.
Genera
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of minte sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsidae are a family of very small and minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Gastropods in this family are known as cerithiopsids....
. It was described by Marshall, in 1978.
Species
Species in the genus Retilaskeya include:- Retilaskeya bicolorRetilaskeya bicolorRetilaskeya bicolor is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It was described by C. B. Adams, in 1845.- Habitat :...
(C. B. Adams, 1845) - Retilaskeya niveaRetilaskeya niveaRetilaskeya nivea is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae. It was described by Faber, in 2007....
Faber, 2007