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WoRMS taxon details

Miltha H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

AphiaID

464037 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464037)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lucina childrenae Gray, 1825 accepted as Miltha childrenae (Gray, 1825) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Milthinae Chavan, 1969

Original name

Lucina (Miltha) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

Synonymised names

Lucina (Miltha) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Miltha (Miltha) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Phacoides (Miltha) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Miltha childrenae (Gray, 1825)
Species Miltha xantusi (Dall, 1905)
Subgenus Miltha (Megaxinus) Brugnone, 1880 accepted as Megaxinus Brugnone, 1880 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subgenus Miltha (Miltha) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 accepted as Miltha H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subgenus Miltha (Milthoidea) Marwick, 1931 accepted as Milthoidea Marwick, 1931 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Lucina (Miltha) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 468 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Miltha H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464037 on 2026-03-25

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-03-06 05:53:03Z

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2018-04-13 13:46:50Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-10-18 16:56:49Z

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lucina (Miltha) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 468 [details]

basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 168 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 84 [details]

additional source Sinelnikova, V. N.; Oleinik, A. E.; Gladenkov, Y. B.; Titova, L. V. (1991). Opisaniye mollyuskov [Описание моллюсков / The description of Mollusca]. In: Eotsen Zapadnoy Kamchatki [Eocene of Western Kamchatka]. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Trudy 467, pp. 119-162. Moskva.
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors