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genus Castalia Lamarck, 1819: synonymy

13 Recent freshwater species (13 total species)

Synonymy

Castalia Lamarck, 1819

Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 66.
Type species: Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 (monotypy) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon Wagner, 1827

Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: pl. 25, figs. 3-4.
Type species: Tetraplodon pectinatus Spix in Wagner, 1827 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 863) = Castalia ambigua

Prisodon Lea, 1852

(reference to Prisodon Schumacher, 1817)
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 18.
Type species: Prisodon truncatus Schumacher, 1817 = Castalia cordata

Castalina Ihering, 1891

Ihering, 1891. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): 477-478.
Type species: Castalina martensi Ihering, 1891 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 865) = Castalia martensi

Chevronais Olsson & Wurtz, 1951

Olsson & Wurtz, 1951. Notulae Naturae (239): 6.
Type species: Chevronais colombiana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951 (orig. desig.) = Castalia ambigua

Chevronaias Haas, 1969

(error for Chevronais Olsson & Wurtz, 1951)
‘Olsson & Wurtz’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo Part N (1): N460.
Type species: Chevronais colombiana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951 = Castalia ambigua

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Castalia, since 1900.

Castalina — Simpson (1900), Haas (1916), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), Thiele (1934), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1961), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf (2000)
Castalia — Corsi (1900), F. Baker (1913), Vernhout (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), ... Torres et al. (2024), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Lawrie et al. (2026), Prié et al. (2026)
Tetraplodon — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Ortmann (1911), Haas (1916), H.B. Baker (1930)
Hyria — Ortmann (1911)
Castalina (Group of C. martensi) — Simpson (1914)
Castalina (Group of C. orbignyi) — Simpson (1914)
Tetraplodon (Group of T. ambiguus) — Simpson (1914)
Tetraplodon (Group of T. multisulcatus) — Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.) — Modell (1950)
Chevronais — Olsson & Wurtz (1951)
Chevronaias [sic] — Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Castaliella — Simone (2006)