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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia ambigua

nominal species Castalia acuticosta Hupé, 1857

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Castalia acuticosta Hupé, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 77, pl. 14, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0162, Rio Mondego, (Bresil).

= Castalia ambigua

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Simone, 2006

+ Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Ramírez et al., 2003

+ Mansur, 1991

+ Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835 — Quintana, 1982

+ Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835 — Haas, 1969

+ Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Bonetto, 1965

= Castalia acuticosta Hupé — Bonetto, 1961

+ Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera quadrilatera Orbigny, 1835 — Modell, 1950

= Castalia acuticosta Húpe, 1857 — Morretes, 1949

= Castalia acuticosta Húpe, 1857 — Haas, 1931

= Castalia acuticosta Húpe, 1857 — Ortmann, 1921

+ Tetraplodon quadrilaterus (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1914

= Tetraplodon acuticosta (Hupé, 1857) — Ihering, 1910

+ Tetraplodon quadrilaterum (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1870

= Castalia acuticostata [sic] Hupé, 1857 — Sowerby, 1869

= Castalia acuticosta Húpe, 1857 — Hupé, 1857

 
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