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Miltha (Miltha) jacalitosana

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Paphia jacalitosensis was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165587, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Miltha (Miltha) jacalitosana by Moore (1988).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Paphia jacalitosensis Arnold pp. 66 - 67 figs. Plate XVI, figure 3
1988Miltha (Miltha) jacalitosana Moore p. D19 figs. Plate 9, figure 6

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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
speciesjacalitosana()

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: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Paphia jacalitosensis (216868)