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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia inflata
nominal species Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835
Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 = Castalia inflata
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 598, pl. 72, figs. 4-6.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0253, Amérique du Sud.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Castalia inflata (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Torres et al., 2024: 7.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 26.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Mansur et al., 2020: 411, fig. 11.120E.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Olivera-Hyde et al., 2020: 3.
= Castalia inflata Orbigny, 1835 — Torres et al., 2018: 3.
= Castalia inflata Orbigny, 1835 — Pereira et al., 2014: [11].
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Bogan, 2010: [5].
= Castalia ambigua inflata (d’Orb.) — Rumi et al., 2008: 84.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 312.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Simone, 2006: 253, fig. 963.
= Castalia ambigua inflata (d’Orbigny, 1835) Bonetto — Quintana, 1982: 126.
= Castalia ambigua inflata Orbigny, 1835 — Mansur, 1970: 57.
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Haas, 1969: 535.
= Castalia ambigua inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Bonetto, 1965: 192.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Figueiras, 1965: 227.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny — Schade, 1965: 221.
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck non Sowerby — Parodiz & Bonetto, 1963: 204.
= Castalia inflata Orbigni [sic] — Bonetto, 1961: 3, 4-7, fig. 3.
= Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera inflata Orbigny, 1835 — Modell, 1950: 139.
= Castalia inflata Orbigny, 1835 — Morretes, 1949: 22.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Haas, 1931: 39.
= Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 — Ortmann, 1921: 558.
+ Tetraplodon ambiguus Lamarck — Haas, 1916: 7.
+ Tetraplodon ambiguus (Sowerby, 1823) — Simpson, 1914: 1196.
= Tetraplodon inflatus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Ihering, 1910: 126.
+ Tetraplodon ambiguus (‘Lamarck’ Sowerby,1823) — Simpson, 1900: 863.
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Corsi, 1900: 460.
+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1870: 27.
+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1852: 18.
+ Castalia ambigua Lamk. — d’Orbigny, 1846: 598.
= Castalia inflata d’Orb. — Hanley, 1843: 173, pl. 24, fig. 12.
+ Margarita (Unio) ambiguus Lea — Lea, 1838: 14.
= Castalia inflata d’Orb. — d’Orbigny, 1835: 43.
