Orthaulax gabbi
{{Short description|Extinct species of sea snail}}
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Orthaulax gabbi is an extinct sea snail of the family Orthaulax first described by William Healey Dall in 1890.{{cite web |title=Orthaulax gabbi |url=http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/collections-database/molluscs/gastropods/orthaulax-gabbi-r1256/ |website=Fossil Forum |date=28 October 2017 |access-date=2 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Species: Orthaulax gabbi W.H. Dall, 1890 † - ID: 5238000054 |url=https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/5238000054.htm |website=Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base |access-date=2 April 2020}} O. gabbi was around 70mm long and is thought to have gone extinct in the Miocene period.{{cite book |author1=Edward J. Petuch |title=Cenozoic Seas: The View From Eastern North America |date=2003 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781135501426 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3qmDwAAQBAJ&q=Orthaulax+gabbi+1890&pg=PT191 |access-date=2 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Orthaulax gabbi ✝ |url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4963391.html |website=Mindat.org |access-date=2 April 2020}}
Fossils of O. gabbi have been found most prolifically in Florida and Panama.{{cite web |title=Orthaulax gabbi Dall, 1890 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4963391/metrics |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility |access-date=2 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Orthaulax gabbi |url=https://neogeneatlas.net/species/orthaulax-gabbi/ |website=Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life |access-date=2 April 2020}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1890
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1890
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