Armimiltha heilprini Gardner 1926 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Phacoides (Miltha) heilprini

Belongs to Armimiltha according to H. E. Vokes 1969

Sister taxa: Armimiltha disciformis, Armimiltha hillsboroensis, Armimiltha riocanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc2212 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (5: Florida collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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