Proteins extracted from membranes present within the shells of Ecphora were extracted with either hydroxylamine or TFA using the SPEED method. They were analyzed against a Gastropoda or Strombus database.
Funding
Museum Conservation Institute
Citizens of Calvert County Maryland, the County Board of Calvert County Commissioners, and the Clarissa and Lincoln Dryden Endowment for paleontology at the Calvert Marine Museum