Miltha (Plastomiltha) Stewart 1930 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314

Parent taxon: Miltha according to R. B. Stewart 1930

See also Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1969 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Lucina (Miltha) contorta, Miltha (Matanziella), Miltha (Miltha), Miltha (Recticardo), Miltha africana, Miltha childreni, Miltha chipolana, Miltha claibornensis, Miltha hamptonensis, Miltha hillsboroensis, Miltha inflata, Miltha merangiana, Miltha pandata, Miltha xantusi, Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis

Subtaxa: none

Type: Cyclas claibornensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

• Paleocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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