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genus Castalia Lamarck, 1819: species

4 available nominal genus synonyms (6 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

syonymy (13 available, 31 total) | specimens (400 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Widespread, from the Guyanas south to the Paraná, including the Amazon Basin west to Ecuador and Peru. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, ITS1, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia cordata

Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (19)

Range: Orinoco River and the Guyanas, South America. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia crosseana

Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (12)

Range: Tributaries to the Amazon, Ecuador. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia ecarinata

Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (19)

Range: Magdalena River, Colombia. (South America)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia inflata

Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835

syonymy (1 available, 4 total) | specimens (107)

Range: Paraná Basin, Argentina to Brazil. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Castalia martensi (Ihering, 1891)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (66)

Range: Rivers draining to the Atlantic in southern Brazil and Uruguay. (South America)

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A1ae
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia multisulcata

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Paraná-Paraguay System?, South America (MUSSELpdb). (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia nehringi

Castalia nehringi (Ihering, 1893)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (22)

Range: Upper Paraná in Brazil and Paraguay. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia orbignyi

Castalia orbignyi (Deville & Hupé, 1850)

syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Poorly defined distribution in the “Upper Amazon,” Peru and Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia orinocensis

Castalia orinocensis Morrison, 1943

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Orinoco River, Colombia and Venezuela. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia psammoica

Castalia psammoica (d’Orbigny, 1835)

syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (88)

Range: Paraná-Paraguay System, Brazil to Argentina. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia stevensi

Castalia stevensi (H.B. Baker, 1930)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (37)

Range: Orinoco and Essiquibo basins of Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 18S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Castalia undosa

Castalia undosa Martens, 1885

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (47)

Range: Upper Paraná Basin in Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

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