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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia

species Castalia psammoica (d’Orbigny, 1835): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (4 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Castalia psammoicaGraf & Cummings (2007), Rumi et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)

Range

Paraná-Paraguay System, Brazil to Argentina.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Castalia psammoica

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Argentina

image of lot SMF_65427
SMF_65427

Argentinien; Parana Fl., La Paz, Entre Rios

image of lot SMF_163520
SMF_163520

Argentinien; Rio Colastine, Santa Fe

image of lot ANSP_251865
ANSP_251865

beach, foot of Calle Pueyrredon, Acassuso, Buenos Aires, Argentina

image of lot CM_MP_7
CM_MP_7

Laguna Guadalupe, Santa Fe, Argentina

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FMNH_216451

Laguna Oca, Prov. Formosa, Argentina

image of lot FMNH_216439
FMNH_216439

Rio de la Plata, Argentina

image of lot FMNH_17215
FMNH_17215

Rio de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

image of lot FMNH_21818
FMNH_21818

Rio de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

image of lot MNHN_MP_0777
MNHN_MP_0777

Rio de la Plata, R.A.

image of lot USNM_84046
USNM_84046

Rio de la Plata, S. Am

image of lot CM_61.9266
CM_61.9266

Rio de la Plata, San Isidro, 20 km N Buenos Aires, Argentina

image of lot MCZ_111741
MCZ_111741

Rio de la Plata, San Isidro, Argentina

image of lot BMNH_1854.12.4.849
BMNH_1854.12.4.849

Rio Paraná, Itaty, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina

image of lot BMNH_1854.12.4.849
BMNH_1854.12.4.849

Rio Paraná, Itaty, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina

image of lot CM_52-7
CM_52-7

Rio Paraná, la Paraguaya island, S of Rosario, Entre Rios, Argentina

image of lot BMNH_54-12-4-849-1-2
BMNH_54-12-4-849-1-2

Rio Paraná, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina

image of lot UMMZ_248814
UMMZ_248814

Rio Santa Fe, Frente a Santa Fe, Argentina

image of lot UMMZ_248814
UMMZ_248814

Rio Santa Fe, Frente a Santa Fe, Argentina

image of lot MCZ_212447
MCZ_212447

Rio Santa Fe, frente a Santa Fe, capital Prov. de Santa Fe, Argentina

image of lot USNM_607077
USNM_607077

Rio Santa Fe, opposite of Santa Fe City, Santa Fe Prov., Argentina

image of lot USNM_607077
USNM_607077

Rio Santa Fe, opposite of Santa Fe City, Santa Fe Prov., Argentina

image of lot DMNH_78623
DMNH_78623

Rio Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Uruguay


Brazil

image of lot BMNH_1964402
BMNH_1964402

Brazil

image of lot BMNH_1964402
BMNH_1964402

Brazil

image of lot UMMZ_22882
UMMZ_22882

Brazil

image of lot UMMZ_22882
UMMZ_22882

Brazil

image of lot ZMB_17078
ZMB_17078

Rio de Janeiro

image of lot CM_61.5122
CM_61.5122

Rio Uruguay, Uruguayana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

INPA_384. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã - Juma): rio Juma: praia na margem esquerda, acima de onde parou o barco Amanaí II: -6.11389 -60.12778

INPA_324. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: -6.00823 -60.19606

PUCRS_MCP_9013. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: -6.00823 -60.19606

INPA_302. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: -6.01048 -60.19523

INPA_408. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: (06° 00’ 11.1” S, 60° 11’ 22.9” W): -6.00308 -60.18970

INPA_319. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: (06° 00’ 42.3” S, 60° 11’ 42.7” W): -6.01175 -60.19520

INPA_295. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: 1 Km acima de onde parou barco Amanaí II: -6.17325 -60.22211

INPA_320. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: 1 Km acima de onde parou barco Amanaí II: -6.17325 -60.22211

INPA_1272. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: andando aprox. 1000 abaixo da praia Pernambuco (06° 01’ 05.1” S, 60° 11’ 39.5” W): -6.01809 -60.19431

INPA_1296. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: extremidade à jusante da praia Pernambuco: -6.02423 -60.18945

INPA_290. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia margem esquerda: -6.00603 -60.19586

INPA_1274. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na boca do paraná do lago Açaí Grande: -6.00344 -60.19596

INPA_422. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na entrada do lago Tucunaré: -5.95116 -60.20997

PUCRS_MCP_9012. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na entrada do lago Tucunaré: -5.95116 -60.20997

INPA_386. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na margem esquerda, em frente ao paraná do lago Açaí-Grande (05° 58’ 23.4” S, 60° 12’ 37.4” W): -5.97317 -60.21040

INPA_287. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na margem esquerda, na boca do paraná lago Açaí-Grande: -5.97317 -60.21040

INPA_298. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na margem esquerda, na boca do paraná lago Açaí-Grande: -5.97317 -60.21040

INPA_329. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na margem esquerda: -6.00823 -60.19606

INPA_317. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia na margem esquerda: -6.01048 -60.19523

INPA_1139. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia no encontro do rio Aripuanã com o paraná do lago Tucunaré: -5.95116 -60.20997

INPA_382. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia no encontro rios Aripuanã e Juma (05° 59’ 45.0” S, 60° 11’ 33.3” W): -5.99583 -60.19258

INPA_1130. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia Pernambuco: -6.01809 -60.19431

INPA_1255. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia Pernambuco: -6.01809 -60.19431

INPA_1263. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia Pernambuco: -6.01809 -60.19431

INPA_1294. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: praia Pernambuco: -6.02423 -60.18945

INPA_383. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: próximo encontro com Juma (05° 59’ 35.2” S, 60° 11’ 41.3” W): -5.99312 -60.19481

INPA_306. Brazil: Amazonas: Novo Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira): Lago Jenipapo -5.5686111 -60.9969444

INPA_1246. Brazil: Mato Grosso: Aripuanã: (Amazon - Madeira - Aripuanã): rio Aripuanã: entre ponte da estação de captação de água e balneário; jusante da cachoeira Andorinhas: -10.16673 -59.45081


Paraguay

image of lot FMNH_120611
FMNH_120611

Paraguay

image of lot ZMB_47517
ZMB_47517

Paraguay Fluss

image of lot ZMB_47518
ZMB_47518

Paraguay Fluss

image of lot SMF_11740
SMF_11740

Rio Paraguay an der Mündung des Rio Apa

image of lot BMNH_91-4-13-114
BMNH_91-4-13-114

Rio Paraguay, near Rio Apa

image of lot BMNH_91-4-13-115
BMNH_91-4-13-115

Rio Paraguay, near Rio Apa

image of lot MNHN_MP_0890
MNHN_MP_0890

Rio Paraguay, pres do Rio Apa, Paraguay

image of lot MNHN_MP_0896
MNHN_MP_0896

Rio Paraguay, pres du Rio Apa, Paraguay


unknown

image of lot BMNH_MP_051
BMNH_MP_051

[no locality available - South America]

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BMNH_MP_057

[no locality available - South America]

image of lot FMNH_191450
FMNH_191450

[no locality available - South America]

image of lot AMNH_30855
AMNH_30855

Rio Paraná

image of lot UMMZ_22875
UMMZ_22875

South America

image of lot UMMZ_22875
UMMZ_22875

South America


Uruguay

image of lot USNM_365414
USNM_365414

B. of Colonia, Rio de la Plata, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_365415
USNM_365415

B. of Colonia, Rio de la Plata, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_365415
USNM_365415

B. of Colonia, Rio de la Plata, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_380738
USNM_380738

B. of Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot CM_64.67
CM_64.67

Bahia de Colonia, Dto. Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot SBMHN_367478
SBMHN_367478

Bahia de Colonia, Rio de la Plata, Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_340661
USNM_340661

Barra del Arroyo Sacra, Dept. Paysandu, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_340661
USNM_340661

Barra del Arroyo Sacra, Dept. Paysandu, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_340662
USNM_340662

Barra del Arroyo Sacra, Dept. Paysandu, Uruguay

image of lot AMNH_141135
AMNH_141135

La Plata River, near Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot UMMZ_219694
UMMZ_219694

Proc. Rio Yi, Florida, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_853901
USNM_853901

R. Plata, Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_853905
USNM_853905

R. Plata, Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot AMS_126862
AMS_126862

Rio de la Plata, Bahia de Colonia, Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot AMNH_92257
AMNH_92257

Rio de la Plata, Bahia de Colonia, Dto. Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot UMMZ_110906
UMMZ_110906

Rio de la Plata, Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot UMMZ_110906
UMMZ_110906

Rio de la Plata, Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot UMMZ_110906
UMMZ_110906

Rio de la Plata, Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot FMNH_21817
FMNH_21817

Rio de la Plata, Uruguay

image of lot UMMZ_186201
UMMZ_186201

Rio Negro, front to Mercedes, Uruguay

image of lot UMMZ_186201
UMMZ_186201

Rio Negro, front to Mercedes, Uruguay

image of lot UMMZ_186201
UMMZ_186201

Rio Negro, front to Mercedes, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_346806
USNM_346806

Rio Uruguay, Dept. Paysandu, Uruguay

image of lot AMNH_92254
AMNH_92254

Rio Uruguay, Nueva Palmira, Dto. Colonia, Uruguay

image of lot MNHN_MP_0769
MNHN_MP_0769

Rio Uruguay, Paysandu

image of lot UF_93194
UF_93194

Rio Uruguay, Paysandu

image of lot USNM_334553
USNM_334553

Rio Uruguay, Paysandu, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_380981
USNM_380981

Rio Yi, Dept. Durazno, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_380981
USNM_380981

Rio Yi, Dept. Durazno, Uruguay

image of lot BMNH_79-10-15-154
BMNH_79-10-15-154

Rio Yi, Durazno, Uruguay

image of lot USNM_322392
USNM_322392

Rio Yi, Durazno, Uruguay

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.