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Miltha chipolana

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides (Miltha) chipolanus was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 114712, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Miltha (Miltha) chipolana by Vokes (1969); it was recombined as Miltha chipolana by Mansfield (1940) and Woodring (1982).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Phacoides (Miltha) chipolanus Dall p. 1375 figs. pl. 51, fig. 11
1903Phacoides (Miltha) heracleus Dall p. 1376 figs. pl. 51, fig. 10
1917Phacoides (Miltha) smithwoodwardi Maury p. 368 figs. pl. 61, fig. 6
1940Miltha chipolana Mansfield p. 191
1947Phacoides (Miltha) chipolanus Gardner p. 111
1969Miltha (Miltha) chipolana Vokes p. 118
1982Miltha chipolana Woodring p. 619

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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)
specieschipolana(Dall 1903)

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.

†Miltha chipolana Dall 1903
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Invalid names: Phacoides (Miltha) heracleus Dall 1903 [synonym], Phacoides (Miltha) smithwoodwardi Maury 1917 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 33.90000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene47.8 - 28.4Haiti Phacoides smithwoodwardi (173456)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) Phacoides chipolana (41197)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Miltha chipolana (205613)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Miltha 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)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Miltha smithwoodwardi (80247)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Miltha chipolana (93177)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Miltha smithwoodwardi (58816)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Miltha chipolana (145254 145255)