Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae
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 fossilized shell of Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae
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| Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae Wilson, 1987 |
Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae is a subspecies of fossil predatory sea snail, an extinct marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
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[edit] Geological history
These large carnivorous sea snails lived primarily during the Miocene epoch, and they became extinct more than two million years ago.
[edit] Life habits
Ecphora sea snails bored holes through the hard shells of other mollusks and other kinds of prey, in order to feed on their soft insides using a toothed, ribbonlike appendage (common to almost all gastropods) known as a radula.
[edit] Commemoration of the fossil
In March 1994, Dr. Eric Seifter testified before the Maryland Legislature that the classification of the Maryland State Fossil, Ecphora quadricostata was invalid (quadricostata is not actually found in Maryland) and needed to be changed to Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae.
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