MolluscaBase name details
Turritella compacta Whitfield, 1892 †
1888286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1888286)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Whitfield R.P. (1892). Gastropoda and Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey. <em>United States Geological Survey Monograph.</em> 18: 1-402, 50 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42454439
page(s): p. 142-143, pl. 18, figs 8, 9. [details]
page(s): p. 142-143, pl. 18, figs 8, 9. [details]
Type locality contained in New Jersey
type locality contained in New Jersey [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turritella compacta Whitfield, 1892 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1888286 on 2026-05-06
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Whitfield R.P. (1892). Gastropoda and Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey. <em>United States Geological Survey Monograph.</em> 18: 1-402, 50 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42454439
page(s): p. 142-143, pl. 18, figs 8, 9. [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1905). Annotated list of the types of invertebrate Cretaceous fossils in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 57(1905): 4-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6331366
page(s): p. 21. [details]
source of synonymy Weller, Stuart. (1907). A report on the Cretaceous paleontology of New Jersey. Based upon the stratigraphic studies of George N. Knapp. <em>Geological Survey of New Jersey, Paleontology Series.</em> 4: i-ix, 1-872 [TEXT] + 873-1108 [PLATES; 111 pls.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19933289
page(s): p. 697. [details]
page(s): p. 142-143, pl. 18, figs 8, 9. [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1905). Annotated list of the types of invertebrate Cretaceous fossils in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 57(1905): 4-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6331366
page(s): p. 21. [details]
source of synonymy Weller, Stuart. (1907). A report on the Cretaceous paleontology of New Jersey. Based upon the stratigraphic studies of George N. Knapp. <em>Geological Survey of New Jersey, Paleontology Series.</em> 4: i-ix, 1-872 [TEXT] + 873-1108 [PLATES; 111 pls.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19933289
page(s): p. 697. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
