†Pseudomiltha gigantea Deshayes 1825 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina (Pseudomiltha) gigantea, Lucina gigantea, Pseudomiltha (Pseudomiltha) gigantea
Belongs to Pseudomiltha according to M. W. A. Iqbal 1973
See also Cox et al. 1969 and Glibert and van de Poel 1967
Sister taxa: Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) nocariensis, Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) wongi, Pseudomiltha (Pseudomiltha), Pseudomiltha (Zorrita), Pseudomiltha ocalanus
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1 collection)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), Pakistan (2), Romania (3)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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