Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Lucina (Miltha), Milthea, Phacoides (Miltha)
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Gardner 1947, Malumian et al. 1978, Moore 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1994, Squires 1987, Vokes 1969, Vokes 1980, Vokes 1983 and Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: 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 xantusi Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis
Type: Lucina childreni
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), United States (27: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), United States (37: California, Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (6), Brazil (1), Chile (2), Cuba (2), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Madagascar (1), Moldova (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (4), Peru (3), Puerto Rico (2), United States (40: California, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of Jamaica (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (21: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Bulgaria (3), Haiti (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (20: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Belgium (6), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (5), Nigeria (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (9: Alabama, California, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Japan (6)
Total: 234 collections including 250 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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