Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Lucina (Gibbolucina), Miltha (Gibbolucina)
Parent taxon: Milthinae according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Glibert 1985, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Cavatidens, Claibornites, Eamesiella, Eophysema, Jagolucina, Milthoidea, Myrtucina, Pterolucina
Subtaxa: Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) Lucina (Gibbolucina) deperdita
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Austria (1), United States (6: Florida)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2), Peru (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (4), Bulgaria (4), France (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (39: Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Bulgaria (2), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 71 collections including 73 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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