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

species Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835: synonymy

107 specimens

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Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835

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.

Tetraplodon ambiguusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916)
Castalia ambiguaCorsi (1900), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Haas (1969)
Tetraplodon inflatusIhering (1910)
Castalia inflataOrtmann (1921), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1961), Figueiras (1965), ... Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Olivera-Hyde et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera inflataModell (1950)
Castalia ambigua inflataBonetto (1965), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982), Rumi et al. (2008)

Castalia quadrilatera Ihering, 1893

Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 89.
(misidentified reference to Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835)

Castalia inflataOrtmann (1921)

Castalia inflata var. elongata d’Orbigny, 1835

d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835)

Castalia inflata var. rotunda d’Orbigny, 1835

d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Tetraplodon ambiguusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916)
Castalia ambiguaCorsi (1900), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Haas (1969)
Tetraplodon inflatusIhering (1910)
Castalia inflataOrtmann (1921), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1961), Figueiras (1965), ... Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Olivera-Hyde et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera inflataModell (1950)
Castalia ambigua inflataBonetto (1965), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982), Rumi et al. (2008)

 
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