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Ecphora (Ecphora) chesapeakensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Ecphora (Ecphora) chesapeakensis was named by Petuch (1992). Its type specimen is UF 23798, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Scientists Cliffs, Zone 14, which is in a Serravallian foreshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Ecphora (Ecphora) chesapeakensis Petuch pp. 68-69 figs. Fig. 3-4

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

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Ecphora chesapeakensis (type locality: 71533)