Gibbula buchi

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Gibbula buchi | image = | image_caption = | authority = (Dubois, 1831) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Gibbula (Gibbula) buchi'' <small>Baluk, 1975</small> * ''Trochus buchi'' <small>Dubois, 1831</small> (original description) | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Gibbula buchi''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=114458 Fossilworks: ''Gibbula buchi'']</ref>

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''.<ref>M. Harzhauser and T. Kowalke. 2002. Sarmatian (Late Middle Miocene) Gastropod Assemblages of the Central Paratethys. Facies 46:57-82</ref>

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