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Gibbula podolica

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Gibbula podolica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Gibbula
Species:
G. podolica
Binomial name
Gibbula podolica
(Dubois, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Sarmates) podolicum (Dubois, 1831)
  • Trochus podolicus Dubois, 1831 (original description)

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

This species is only known as a fossil from the Middle Miocene of Austria, in the age range between 12.7 Ma and 11.608 Ma. This snail appears to have been an epifaunal grazer in the offshore zone.

A study by M. Harzhauser and T. Kowalke (2002) placed this species in the genus Gibbula.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fossilworks: Gibbula podolica
  2. ^ M. Harzhauser and T. Kowalke. 2002. Sarmatian (Late Middle Miocene) Gastropod Assemblages of the Central Paratethys. Facies 46:57-82