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Publication Sowerby (1869): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1869. Genus Castalia. Conchologica Iconica 17: pls. 1-3. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Castalia acuticostata Sowerby, 1869
‘Hupé’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 3, sp. 12.

Castalia ambigua Sowerby, 1869
‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1, sp. 1, figs. 1a-c.

Castalia carolinensis Sowerby, 1869
Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1841-4-6-149, South Carolina.

Castalia dolabella Sowerby, 1869
Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 3, sp. 13, figs. 13a-c.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965185, Amazon River.

Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1869
Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1, sp. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-5, Hab._?

Castalia lateriquadrata Sowerby, 1869
‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 10.

Castalia latiquadrata Sowerby, 1869
‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: index.

Castalia multicostata Sowerby, 1869
‘Hupé’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 9, figs. 9a-b.

Castalia ovata Sowerby, 1869
‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1, sp. 4.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE BMNH_1964402, Brazil.

Castalia quadrata Sowerby, 1869
Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 7, figs. 7a-b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_49.1.5.5, Hab._?

Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869
Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1, sp. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1841-1-26-5, British Guiana.

 
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