Miltha (Miltha) jacalitosana Arnold 1909 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Paphia jacalitosensis

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1909. Paleontology of the Coalinga District, Fresno and Kings Counties, California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 396:1-173

Belongs to Miltha (Miltha) according to E. J. Moore 1988

See also Arnold 1909

Sister taxa: Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis, Miltha (Miltha) carmenae, Miltha (Miltha) childrenae, Miltha (Miltha) meganosensis, Miltha (Miltha) parsoni, Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis

Type specimen: USNM 165587, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 2532 (Pliocene of California)

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