Hanging on - lucinid bivalve survivors from the Paleocene and Eocene in the western Indian Ocean (Bivalvia: Lucinidae)
Author
Taylor, John D.
Author
Glover, Emily A.
text
Zoosystema
2018
2018-04-10
40
7
123
142
journal article
10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a7
26ac6a51-9d0a-4cb0-8502-230b45cf66e6
1638-9387
3738245
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7652DEC7-3C6C-414F-AF2C-7C396D78F6F6
Subfamily
MILTHINAE
Chavan, 1969
REMARKS
Most of the genera with living species included in the subfamily by
Chavan (1969)
have now been assigned to other subfamilies (
Taylor
et al.
2011
). Two genera,
Miltha
H. & A. Adams, 1853 and
Eomiltha
Cossmann, 1912
, remain and the status of the subfamily is unresolved pending inclusion of any of the three living species in molecular analysis. Despite the name, shell characters of
Eomiltha
have little similarity to
Miltha
and any relationship is doubtful. In the following section we introduce a new genus name for the living species usually called
Eomiltha voorhoevei
together with an antecedent species from the Eocene. To provide background to this decision we briefly review
Eomiltha
below.