Ecphora gardnerae
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ecphora gardnerae is a species of extinct predatory ocenebrinid murex gastropod. Shells of E. gardnerae are found in Miocene-aged marine strata of Maryland and Virginia.
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Ecphora gardnerae | |
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An apertural view of a shell of Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae, drawn by J. C. McConnell[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | †Ecphora |
Species: | †E. gardnerae |
Binomial name | |
†Ecphora gardnerae Wilson, 1987 | |
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