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Ecphora (genus)
Extinct genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ecphora is a genus of extinct predatory ocenebrinid murexes indigenous to the North American Eastern Seaboard from Miocene until their extinction during the Pliocene. The common name for this genus and a group of related genera is "ecphora"(s).
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An apertural view of a shell of Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae, drawn by J. C. McConnell[1] | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | †Ecphora Conrad, 1843 |
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