Miltha childreni Gray 1825 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Lucina childreni
Belongs to Miltha according to H. Adams and A. Adams 1857
Sister taxa: Lucina (Miltha) contorta, Miltha (Matanziella), Miltha (Miltha), Miltha (Plastomiltha), Miltha (Recticardo), Miltha africana, Miltha chipolana, Miltha claibornensis, Miltha hamptonensis, Miltha hillsboroensis, Miltha inflata, Miltha merangiana, Miltha packi, Miltha pandata, Miltha woodi, Miltha xantusi, Miltha xustris, Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Ilha de Fortaleza, São João de Pirabas (Miocene of Brazil)
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