Ecphora gardnerae

Ecphora gardnerae
Temporal range: Miocene
An apertural view of a shell of Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae, drawn by J. C. McConnell[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

  1. ^ Clark, Shattuck & Dall, The Miocene Deposits of Maryland, Maryland Geological Survey (1904), Pl. LII no. 1 as "Ecphora quadricostata".