Retilaskeya bicolor

Retilaskeya bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Retilaskeya
Species:
R. bicolor
Binomial name
Retilaskeya bicolor
(C. B. Adams, 1845)

Retilaskeya bicolor is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Newtoniellidae, which is known from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It was described by C. B. Adams, in 1845.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m and the maximum recorded depth is 65 m.

References

  1. ↑ Retilaskeya bicolor at World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 1 2 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.