Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) defrancei Deshayes 1857 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Lucina defrancei

Belongs to Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) according to M. Glibert 1985

Sister taxa: Eomiltha pandata, Eomiltha scolaroi, Eomiltha voorhoevei, Eomiltha woodi, Eomiltha xustris, Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata, Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) packi, Miltha (Eomiltha) contorta

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Aalter Sands (Sables d'Aalter) - Bruxelles Formation (Eocene of Belgium)

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