The common name for this genus and their relatives is " ecphora " ( s ).
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"Ecphora gardnerae, " an extinct snail shell was named after Julia Anna Gardner.
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The common name for this genus and a group of related genera is " ecphora " ( s ).
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Specimens of ecphora are found along the Calvert Cliffs in Calvert County and St . Mary's County, Maryland.
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The Miocene-aged specimens found in Maryland have been assigned to a different taxon, " Ecphora gardnerae ".
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Currently, " Ecphora " is subdivided into the subgenus " Planecphora ", and several species complexes.
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The Miocene murex snail " Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae " is the Maryland state fossil . " Astrodon johnstoni " is the state dinosaur of Maryland.
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"' Ecphora "'is the common name for a group of extinct predatory ocenebrinid murexes are descended from the Eocene murex, " Tritonopsis ".
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This species was previously known as " Ecphora quadricostata ", but that name is now restricted to a species which is found from Pliocene strata in Virginia to Florida.