Orthaulax gabbi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Orthaulax |
Species: | O. gabbi |
Binomial name | |
Orthaulax gabbi (Dall, 1890) | |
Orthaulax gabbi is an extinct sea snail of the family Orthaulax first described by William Healey Dall in 1890. [1] [2] O. gabbi was around 70mm long and is thought to have gone extinct in the Miocene period. [3] [4]
Fossils of O. gabbi have been found most prolifically in Florida and Panama. [5] [6]