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

nominal species Castalia latiquadrata Sowerby, 1869

Castalia latiquadrata Sowerby, 1869 = Castalia ambigua

‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: index.
(error for Castalia lateriquadrata Sowerby, 1869)

= Castalia ambigua

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Bonetto, 1965

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

= Castalia latiquadrata Sowerby, 1869 — Haas, 1931

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

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

 
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