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449:The Field Guide to Ecphoras
115:Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae
16:Extinct genus of gastropods
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539:s subgenus
521:Trisecphora
517:Trisecphora
489:Tritonopsis
476:Tritonopsis
427:Globecphora
417:Miocene to
414:Planecphora
377:Trisecphora
286:Tritonopsis
277:ocenebrinid
247:common name
220:Ocenebrinae
215:Subfamily:
117:, drawn by
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587:References
581:Everglades
560:Latecphora
529:Chesathais
509:Chesathais
435:Latecphora
349:Chesathais
196:Muricoidea
161:Gastropoda
835:Muricidae
453:Rapaninae
443:Evolution
354:Oligocene
318:Vitruvius
312:Etymology
267:Muricidae
260:gastropod
254:predatory
208:Muricidae
132:Kingdom:
772:Q3784887
766:Wikidata
734:Archived
537:Ecphora'
481:Forreria
468:Saragana
461:Mesozoic
419:Pliocene
302:Pliocene
263:mollusks
234:See text
203:Family:
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144:Phylum:
137:Animalia
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757:Ecphora
573:Ecphora
568:Ecphora
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525:Ecphora
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381:Miocene
343:Miocene
283:murex,
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251:extinct
245:is the
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227:Genera
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339:Eocene
298:Eocene
281:Eocene
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786:8FSYF
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