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

Gibbula buchi
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. buchi
Binomial name
Gibbula buchi
(Dubois, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Gibbula (Gibbula) buchi Baluk, 1975
  • Trochus buchi Dubois, 1831 (original description)

It is only known as a fossil from the Late Middle Miocene of Austria (the Sarmatian Craton of the Paratethys) in the age range between 13.65 Ma and 11.608 Ma.

It was an epifaunal grazer in the offshore zone.

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

References

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