Miltha packi Dickerson 1916

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combinations: Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) packi, Lucina packi, Miltha (Eomiltha) packi

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524

Belongs to Miltha according to J. D. Taylor and E. A. Glover 2018

See also Dickerson 1916, Moore 1988, Squires 1987, Turner 1938, Vokes 1939 and Vokes 1969

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (13: California, Oregon collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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