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Taxonomy
Lucina (Miltha) was named by Adams and Adams (1857). It is extant. Its type is Lucina childreni.
It was Phacoides (Miltha) by Dall (1903); it was reranked as Miltha by Woodring (1925), Vokes (1969), Adegoke (1977), Malumian et al. (1978), Vokes (1980), Vokes (1983), Squires (1987), Moore (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Sepkoski (2002), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Phacoides by Dall (1903); to Lucina by Martin (1922); to Lucinidae by Woodring (1925), Vokes (1969), Malumian et al. (1978), Beu et al. (1990); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Milthinae by Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Vokes (1983), Squires (1987), Moore (1988), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was Phacoides (Miltha) by Dall (1903); it was reranked as Miltha by Woodring (1925), Vokes (1969), Adegoke (1977), Malumian et al. (1978), Vokes (1980), Vokes (1983), Squires (1987), Moore (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Sepkoski (2002), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Phacoides by Dall (1903); to Lucina by Martin (1922); to Lucinidae by Woodring (1925), Vokes (1969), Malumian et al. (1978), Beu et al. (1990); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Milthinae by Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Vokes (1983), Squires (1987), Moore (1988), Bouchet et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Lucina (Miltha) contorta, M. (Matanziella), M. (Miltha), M. (Plastomiltha), M. (Recticardo), M. africana, M. childreni, M. chipolana (syn. Phacoides (Miltha) heracleus, Phacoides (Miltha) smithwoodwardi), M. claibornensis, M. hamptonensis, M. hillsboroensis, M. inflata, M. merangiana, M. pandata, M. xantusi, Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1857 | Lucina (Miltha) Adams and Adams p. 468 |
| 1903 | Phacoides (Miltha) Dall |
| 1922 | Lucina (Miltha) Martin p. 489 |
| 1925 | Miltha Woodring p. 115 |
| 1969 | Miltha Vokes p. 95 |
| 1977 | Miltha Adegoke p. 253 |
| 1978 | Miltha Malumian et al. p. 276 |
| 1980 | Miltha Vokes p. 103 |
| 1983 | Miltha Vokes p. 135 |
| 1987 | Miltha Squires p. 59 |
| 1988 | Miltha Moore pp. D17 - D18 |
| 1990 | Miltha Beu et al. p. 396 |
| 2002 | Miltha Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Miltha Bouchet et al. |
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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.
G. Miltha Adams and Adams 1857
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†Lucina (Miltha) contorta Cossmann 1887
Subg. Miltha (Miltha) Adams and Adams 1857
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†Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis Dall 1898
†Miltha (Miltha) carmenae Vokes 1969
Miltha (Miltha) childrenae Gray 1824
†Miltha (Miltha) jacalitosana Arnold 1909
†Miltha (Miltha) meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
†Miltha (Miltha) parsoni Waring 1917
†Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909
Subg. †Miltha (Plastomiltha) Stewart 1930
Subg. †Miltha (Recticardo)
†Miltha africana Adegoke 1977
Miltha childreni Gray 1825
†Miltha chipolana Dall 1903
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Invalid names: Phacoides (Miltha) heracleus Dall 1903 [synonym], Phacoides (Miltha) smithwoodwardi Maury 1917 [synonym]
†Miltha hamptonensis Ludbrook 1969
†Miltha hillsboroensis Heilprin 1887
†Miltha inflata Abbass 1972
†Miltha merangiana Martin 1922
Miltha xantusi Dall 1903
†Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis Mansfield 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 143.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 137.05 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 137.05 Ma
Collections (267 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berriasian | Japan | M. japonica (116558 116562) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Japan | M. amakusensis (82376) M. sp. (82353) | |
| Campanian | Japan | M. sp. (74501) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Japan | M. sp., M. amakusensis (82382) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Phacoides albaripus (92222 99004 99054) | |
| Danian | New Zealand (Southland) | M. agilis (50212) | |
| Danian | USA (California) | M. parsonsi (193035) | |
| Danian | Poland | M. proava, M. passelecqui, M. sp. (27625) | |
| Danian | Belgium | M. montensis (26890) M. montensis, M. solvayi (3118) M. montensis, Recticardo dolloi (26891) M. montensis, Recticardo dolloi, Recticardo hannonica, Recticardo rutoti, Recticardo solvayi (22931) Recticardo dolloi, Recticardo hannonica (26879) Recticardo hannonica (26880) | |
| Danian | France | Recticardo hannonica (20816) | |
| Danian - Thanetian | Russian Federation | M. parsoni (49981) | |
| Paleocene | Poland | M. montensis, M. passelecqui (3112) | |
| Paleocene | Germany | M. montensis, M. passelecqui, M. solvayi (3114) | |
| Teurian | New Zealand (South Island) | M. agilis (127466) | |
| Selandian | Nigeria | M. africana (7791) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | New Zealand | M. agilis (64700) M. sp. (64698 64701) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Maryland) | M. aquiana (91709) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Alabama) | M. greggi (90818) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | M. parsoni (239710) M. parsonsi (238834) M. sp. (52596 185194) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Virginia) | M. aquiana (91126) | |
| Ypresian | Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) | Lucina inflata, Lucina depressa (42459) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Phacoides meganosensis (52421 52422 52426 52428 52429 52431) | |
| Eocene | Russian Federation | M. meganosensis (50078) | |
| Lutetian | Australia (Western Australia) | M. sp. (179828) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | M. claibornensis (1443) M. claibornensis, M. pandata (1444) M. pandata (1435) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Russian Federation | M. snatolensis (50051) | |
| Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Haiti | Phacoides smithwoodwardi (173456) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | M. claibornensis (90469 90603 98310 98355) M. gaufia (98386) M. pandata (90600) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Georgia) | M. claibornensis (90640) | |
| Bartonian | Romania | M. consobrina (101815 101960) | |
| Bartonian | USA (North Carolina) | M. pandata (98974) Phacoides pandatus (5436) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | M. gaufia (91115) | |
| Bartonian | New Zealand | M. sp. (64741 64750) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | M. gaufia (91097) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Haiti | M. ocalana (60606) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (Piura) | Phacoides patensis (52523) | |
| Priabonian | Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) | M. mutabilis (102294 102406) | |
| Priabonian | Bulgaria | M. mutabilis (104017) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Georgia) | Phacoides hillsboroensis (60824 60835 60837) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Florida) | Phacoides chipolana (41197) Phacoides hernandoensis (80184) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Jamaica | M. sp. (111546) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Florida) | Phacoides hernandoensis (60665 60960) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Alabama) | M. chipolana (205613) M. hillsboroensis (205616) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | M. hillsboroensis (205617) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | M. hillsboroensis, M. hernandoensis (205805) | |
| Chattian | USA (California) | Phacoides sanctaecrucis (57789) | |
| Chattian | New Zealand (North Island) | M. neozelanica (204564 205949) | |
| Chattian | Panama | M. sp. (42558) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (California) | M. sanctaecrucis (72406 72407 219727 219730 219733 219736 219739 219755) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Phacoides hillsboroensis (93368) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Alabama) | M. hillsboroensis (155954) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Panama | M. sp. (42557) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | Phacoides hillsboroensis (60985 61051 61072 61102) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Phacoides sanctaecrucis (71217 91374 203554 237907 237913 237917 238140 238145 238175 238179 238185 238186 238187 238190 238217 238234 238243 238250) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Puerto Rico | M. hillsboroensis (80204) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India (Meghalaya) | M. sp. (46493) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | M. vidali (78522) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | M. childreni (65162) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (Dannevirke) | M. dosiniformis (35639) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Cuba | Phacoides hillsboroensis (75302 75310) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile | M. vidali (78521) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru | M. vidali (76635) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | M. chipolana (89575 89576 91536 92458 92459 92460 92461 92502 92503 92512 92513 92548 92550 92551 92552 92554 92556 92558 92568) Phacoides chipolanus (41760 42271 42366 42443 42482 42663 42677 42678) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Australia (Western Australia) | M. sp. (34466 34467) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | M. sanctaecrucis (206393 237565 237573) | |
| Middle Miocene | Puerto Rico | M. smithwoodwardi (80247) | |
| Middle Miocene | USA (California) | M. sanctaecrucis (44937 44980 44982 44988) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru | M. vidali (76597 76636) | |
| Middle Miocene | Indonesia | M. merangiana (63040) | |
| Langhian - Messinian | USA (California) | M. sp. (167649) | |
| Badenian | Moldova | M. incrassata (78646 78664) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Phacoides sanctaecrucis (52212) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | M. smithwoodwardi (58816) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | M. chipolana (93177) M. sp. (82121) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | M. chipolana (145254 145255) | |
| Tortonian | Madagascar | Lucina multilamellata (51586) | |
| Tortonian | Cyprus | M. sp. (34690) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | M. hora (63439 63441 63442 63443) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Paphia jacalitosensis (216868) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | USA (California) | M. xantusi (97234) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | M. sp. (194796 195033) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | M. sp. (75042) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (California) | Lucina xantusi (96903 96905) M. xantusi (34852 96549 96550 96553 97210 97235 97236 97240 97241 97242 97404) Phacoides sanctaecrucis (208580) Phacoides xantusi (96539 96542 96545) | |
| Zanclean | Panama (Bocas) | M. sp. (79994) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | Lucina xantusi (96906 96908 96909) M. xantusi (237374 237375) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | M. caloosaensis (92344 92361 92362 92363 92442 92624 92658 92659 92660 92661 92662 92663 92664 92665 92666 92667 92668) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | M. xantusi (237593 238421 238607 239463 239468 239469 239574 239575 239577 239580) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | M. xantusi (122752) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. caloosaensis (92364 92657) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | M. xantusi (214280) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. caloosaensis (41501 41539 41718 79331 79333 92336 92338 92340 92342 92343 92500 92656) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | M. hamptonensis (63379) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | M. sp. (80035) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. caloosaensis (92331 92333 92498) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. carmenae (67069 79747) M. sp. (35031) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lucina xantusi (222954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. carmenae (92369 92621 92671 92672 92673 92674) |