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Ecphora tampaensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Rapana tampaensis was named by Dall (1890).

It was recombined as Ecphora tampaensis by Martin (1904) and Ward (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Rapana tampaensis Dall p. 153
1904Ecphora tampaensis Martin p. 210
1992Ecphora tampaensis Ward p. 129

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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
speciestampaensis(Dall 1890)

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 tampaensis Dall 1890
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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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Serravallian or 28.10000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Ecphora tampaensis (71651 71652)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Rapana tampaensis (60985 61051)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Virginia) Ecphora tampaensis (60658)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Ecphora tampaensis (70856)