Gibbula dalli
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Gibbula dalli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Gibbula |
Species: | G. dalli
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Binomial name | |
Gibbula dalli Ihering 1897
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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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