Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Miltha parsonsi
Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124
Belongs to Miltha (Miltha) according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis, Miltha (Miltha) carmenae, Miltha (Miltha) childrenae, Miltha (Miltha) jacalitosana, Miltha (Miltha) meganosensis, Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Southwest of Santa Susana, which is in a Danian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Las Virgenes Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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