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Autor: Tunnell et al.
Popis
Fossarus compactus Dall, 1889 Compact Fossarus
Distribution: North Carolina, Florida, Texas. Size: 2 mm
Description: Color yellowish-white with spire a darker tan; shape subglobose; shell stout; sculpture of 4, regularly spaced, multispiral whorls; nuclear whorl polished; aperture rounded with a short, thickened parietal lip; outer lip thickened; umbilicus of a somewhat elongate slit; anomphalous. Habitat: On offshore banks and reefs.
Remarks: A common, widely distributed species found on the Texas coast at depths from approximately 18 to 154 m (60 to 505 ft). However, no live specimens have been collected. See Ode (1987c). Synonym: Gottoina compactus (Dall, 1889).
Distribution: North Carolina, Florida, Texas. Size: 2 mm
Description: Color yellowish-white with spire a darker tan; shape subglobose; shell stout; sculpture of 4, regularly spaced, multispiral whorls; nuclear whorl polished; aperture rounded with a short, thickened parietal lip; outer lip thickened; umbilicus of a somewhat elongate slit; anomphalous. Habitat: On offshore banks and reefs.
Remarks: A common, widely distributed species found on the Texas coast at depths from approximately 18 to 154 m (60 to 505 ft). However, no live specimens have been collected. See Ode (1987c). Synonym: Gottoina compactus (Dall, 1889).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Autor: Jan Delsing
Odkazy a literatura
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [jako Fossarus compactus Dall, 1889]Datum citace: 23. listopad 2013