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Gastropoda: : Triphoroidea: Cerithiopsidae

Retilaskeya emersonii (C. B. Adams, 1839)


Range: 41.6°N to 34.5°N; 75°W to 70°W
Depth: 0 to 70 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11.4  mm

Synonymy

Cerithiopsis subulata auct. non Montagu, 1808
Cerithium emersonii C. B. Adams, 1839
Bittium emersonii (C. B. Adams, 1839) 
Cerithium bicostatum Emmons, 1858
Cerithiopsis persubulata Gardner, 1948

Details


Cerithium emersonii C. B. Adams, 1839, p. 284-286, pl. 4, fig. 10
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: New Bedford Harbor on the Fairhaven side, Massachusetts
Range: 41.6°N to 34.5°N; 75°W to 70°W
Depth: 0 to 70 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11.4 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina
References: C. B. Adams (1839) dNEM; Porter (1974) DS
Comments: See also emersonii auct. = Retilaskeya bicolor; emersoni of Rolàn & Espinosa (1992a) may be undescribed.
Combining Genera:  Bittium

Cerithium bicostatum Emmons, 1858, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Campbell et al. (1975) s

Cerithiopsis persubulata Gardner, 1948, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Campbell et al. (1975) s

Cerithiopsis subulata auct. non Montagu, 1808, 
[Not available]
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) s
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

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. [Stated date: -- Feb 1839.]

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