Gibbula dalli

Gibbula dalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species: G. dalli
Binomial name
Gibbula dalli
Ihering 1897

Gibbula dalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

It is only known as a fossil from the Miocene of Chile and the Eocene of Argentina. It occurred between 55.8 Ma and 15.97 Ma ago. It was a marine epifaunal grazer in the offshore zone.

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