MCZ Malacology 72063

Leptoxis compacta (Anthony, 1854)

Syntype of Melania compacta  
  Lectotype of Melania compacta

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2010-09-28

North America: United States: Alabama | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:72063 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Leptoxis compacta (Anthony, 1854)
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Cerithioidea Pleuroceridae
Common Name(s): oblong rocksnail
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Melania compacta Anthony, 1854
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Cerithioidea Pleuroceridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Anthony 1854, page 122, Syntype of Melania compacta Anthony, 1854 types not specified in text
Turner 1946, page 100, Voucher of Melania compacta Anthony, 1854 cited as holotype
Graf 2001, page 27, Lectotype of Melania compacta Anthony, 1854 notes that Turner's holotype designation was erroneous
Whelan et al. 2012, page 2, Voucher of Leptoxis compacta (Anthony, 1854) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042499 linked data icon
figure g002; cited as lectotype
Media type: text; Anthony 1854 Description: Descriptions of New Fluviatile Shells of the Genus MELANIA Lam., from the Western States of North America;

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Shows Publication: Anthony 1854 Description: Descriptions of New Fluviatile Shells of the Genus MELANIA Lam., from the Western States of North America

Media type: text; Turner 1946 Description: John Gould Anthony with a bibliography and catalogue of his species;

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Shows Publication: Turner 1946 Description: John Gould Anthony with a bibliography and catalogue of his species

Media type: text; Whelan et al. 2012 Description: article;

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Shows Publication: Whelan et al. 2012 Description: article

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Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
reference Anthony, J.G. 1854. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York 6:122; pl. 3, fig. 22. Turner, R.D. 1946. Occ. Pap. Moll. 1(8): 100. [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-10-18

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Alabama
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002659 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Alabama
  • Georeference:
  • 32.6499600°, -86.442481° (Error radius: 331607m) By: Emily Blank on 2020-03-19 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2010-09-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Malacology 72051; 72052; 72053; 72054; 72055; 72056; 72057; 72058; 72059; 72060; 72061; 72062; 72063; 72064; 72065; 72066; 72067; 72068; 72069; 72070; 72071; 72072; 72073; 72074; 72075 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 072001-078000, pg.3;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:72051 Physa acuta to MCZ:Mala:72075 Ph...

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