Pseudomiltha gigantea Deshayes 1825 (clam)

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

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