Lucina (Miltha) contorta Cossmann 1887 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Belongs to Lucina (Miltha) according to Cossmann 1887

Sister taxa: 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 packi, Miltha pandata, Miltha woodi, Miltha xantusi, Miltha xustris, Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lucina (Miltha) contorta in the database

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