Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina (Miltha) xantusi, Miltha (Miltha) xantusi, Phacoides (Miltha) xantusi
Belongs to Miltha according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hanna 1926, Moore 1988 and Powell 2008
Sister taxa: Lucina (Miltha) contorta, Miltha (Matanziella), Miltha (Miltha), Miltha (Plastomiltha), Miltha (Recticardo), Miltha africana, Miltha childreni, Miltha chipolana, Miltha claibornensis, Miltha hamptonensis, Miltha hillsboroensis, Miltha inflata, Miltha merangiana, Miltha pandata, Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (19: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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