Ecphora (genus)

Ecphora Temporal range: Langhian–Piacenzian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	†Ecphora Conrad, 1843 [1]

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).