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Modulus compactus Dall, 1892 †
1715748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1715748)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial refrence to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 3(2): 201-473., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31456881
page(s): 294-295, pl. 22, fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 294-295, pl. 22, fig. 10 [details]
Type locality contained in Florida
, Note lower bed at Alum Bluff, Chattahoochee River
type locality contained in Florida (origin: native) [details]
Type locality lower bed at Alum Bluff, Chattahoochee River [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modulus compactus Dall, 1892 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1715748 on 2025-09-11
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Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial refrence to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 3(2): 201-473., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31456881
page(s): 294-295, pl. 22, fig. 10 [details]
additional source Gardner, J. A. (1947). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VIII. Ctenobranchia (remainder), Aspidobranchia, and Scaphopoda. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 142H: 493–656, pls. 52–62., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0142h/report.pdf
page(s): 581, pl. 55 fig. 27 [details]
page(s): 294-295, pl. 22, fig. 10 [details]
additional source Gardner, J. A. (1947). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VIII. Ctenobranchia (remainder), Aspidobranchia, and Scaphopoda. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 142H: 493–656, pls. 52–62., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0142h/report.pdf
page(s): 581, pl. 55 fig. 27 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality lower bed at Alum Bluff, Chattahoochee River [details]
