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freshwater mussels
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia cordata
nominal species Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835
Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835 = Castalia cordata
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 42.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 599, pl. 73.
LECTOTYPE BMNH_1854.9.4.2 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 92), Río San Miguel (Amazon–Madeira–Mamoré–Guaporé drainage), Guarayos, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. [L = -15.8930, -63.1890].
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840 — Prié et al., 2026: 12.
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Nagel, 2025: 210.
lectotype NHHUK 1854.9.4.2 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 91-92) — Bolivia, “provincia Moxensi (republica Boliviana)” (Natural History Museum, London)
paralectotype SMF 4344/1 (coll. F. Haas ex Museum Geneva 12.vi.1930 ex coll. Moricand, leg. A. d’Orbigny)
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Simone, 2006: 252.
paratype usnm_83890
+ Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Ramírez et al., 2003: 273.
= Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835 — Quintana, 1982: 127.
= Castalia quadrilatera Orbigny — Haas, 1969: 535.
+ Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Bonetto, 1965: 192.
= Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera quadrilatera Orbigny, 1835 — Modell, 1950: 139.
= Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835 — Haas, 1931: 40.
paratype SMF_4344 — Rio San-Miguel, Guarayos, Bolivia.
= Tetraplodon (Group of T. ambiguus) quadrilaterus (d’Orbigny) — Simpson, 1914: 1198.
= Castalia quadrilatera Orbigny, 1835 — F. Baker, 1913: 664.
= Tetraplodon quadrilaterus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Ihering, 1910: 127.
= Tetraplodon quadrilaterum d’Orbigny — Simpson, 1900: 864.
+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1870: 27.
= Castalia lateriquadrata [sic] d’Orbigny, 1835 — Sowerby, 1869: pl. 2, sp. 10.
= Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny — Hupé, 1857: 75.
+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1852: 18.
= Castalia quadrilatera d’Orb., 1835 — d’Orbigny, 1846: 599, pl. 73.
= Castalia quadrilatera d’Orb. — Hanley, 1843: 173.
+ Margarita (Unio) ambiguus Lea — Lea, 1838: 14.
= Castalia quadrilatera d’Orb. — d’Orbigny, 1835: 42.
