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Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina (Miltha) caloosaensis was named by Dall (1898). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phacoides (Miltha) caloosaensis by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Phacoides (Phacoides) caloosana by Dall (1905); it was recombined as Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis by Vokes (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. agilis, M. ocalana, M. bellardiana, M. consobrina, Phacoides pandatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Lucina (Miltha) caloosaensis Dall p. 923 figs. pl. 28, fig. 1
1903Phacoides (Miltha) caloosaensis Dall p. 1376
1905Phacoides (Phacoides) caloosana Dall p. 112
1969Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis Vokes p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusMiltha(Adams and Adams 1857)
subgenusMilthaAdams and Adams 1857
speciescaloosaensis(Dall 1898)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Miltha caloosaensis (92344 92361 92362 92363 92442 92624 92658 92659 92660 92661 92662 92663 92664 92665 92666 92667 92668)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Miltha caloosaensis (92364 92657)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Miltha caloosaensis (41501 41539 41718 79331 79333 92336 92338 92340 92342 92343 92500 92656)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Miltha caloosaensis (92331 92333 92498)