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Ecphora gardnerae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Ecphora (Ecphora) gardnerae was named by Wilson (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 647519.

It was recombined as Ecphora gardnerae by Petuch (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Ecphora (Ecphora) gardnerae Wilson p. 22 figs. Figure 1a, b
1988Ecphora gardnerae Petuch
1992Ecphora (Ecphora) gardnerae Ward p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusEcphoraConrad 1843
speciesgardnerae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ecphora gardnerae Wilson 1987
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†Ecphora gardnerae germonae Ward and Gilinsky 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Ecphora gardnerae (70853 71636)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Ecphora gardnerae (71625 71632 71637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Ecphora gardnerae (51722 51727 59303 59304)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Ecphora gardnerae (71628)