Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Eomiltha, Miltha (Eomiltha)
Parent taxon: Gibbolucina according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Glibert 1985, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Vokes 1983
Sister taxa: Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina), Lucina (Gibbolucina) deperdita
Subtaxa: Eomiltha pandata Eomiltha scolaroi Eomiltha voorhoevei Eomiltha woodi Eomiltha xustris Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) defrancei Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) packi Miltha (Eomiltha) contorta
Type: Lucina contorta
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), United States (6: Florida)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (3), Japan (1), Peru (2), United States (39: Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence