Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Gibbolucina (Eomiltha), Miltha (Eomiltha)
Parent taxon: Milthinae according to J. D. Taylor and E. A. Glover 2018
See also Glibert 1985, Moore 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Vokes 1983
Sister taxa: Cavatidens, Claibornites, Eamesiella, Eophysema, Jagolucina, Miltha, Milthoidea, Myrtucina, Pterolucina, Retrolucina
Subtaxa: Eomiltha alburgensis Eomiltha contorta Eomiltha contortula Eomiltha pandata Eomiltha scolaroi
Type: Lucina contorta
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), United States (5: Florida)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), Japan (1), United States (20: Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), France (2), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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