Eomiltha xustris Gardner 1926 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Phacoides (Miltha) xustris

Belongs to Eomiltha according to H. E. Vokes 1969

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc7183 - Alum Bluff, lower bed [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 7183 - Alum Bluff, lower bed [Chipola Fm]

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