Biology:Gibbula dalli

Short description: Species of gastropod

Gibbula dalli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
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.

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.

External links

• J.J. Flynn et al., A new fossil_mammal assemblage from the southern Chilean Andes; implications for geology, geochronology and tectonics; Journal of South American Earth Sciences 15 (2002) 285–302

Wikidata ☰ Q15648386 entry