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Fossarus compactus W. H. Dall, 1889
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » family Planaxidae » genus Fossarus
ID: 587881
pID: 307497
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:11:04 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-25 09:14:58
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[[t:587881;<em>Fossarus compactus</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1889
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id587881/"><em>Fossarus compactus</em></a>
pID: 307497
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:11:04 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-25 09:14:58
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id587881/
Text function: [[t:587881;<em>Fossarus compactus</em>]]
[[t:587881;<em>Fossarus compactus</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1889
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id587881/"><em>Fossarus compactus</em></a>
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109715
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2021-06-10 12:47:08 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 109715
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2021-06-10 12:47:08 - User Delsing Jan
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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.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Fossarus compactus Dall, 1889]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013