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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castaliella

species Castaliella quadrata (Sowerby, 1869): synonymy

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Castalia quadrata Sowerby, 1869

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 7, figs. 7a-b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_49.1.5.5, Hab._?

Tetraplodon quadratusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera quadrilateraModell (1950)
Castalia sulcata sulcataBonetto (1965)
Castalia quadrataHaas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Mansur et al. (2020)
Castaliella sulcataSimone (2006)
Castaliella quadrataGraf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Tetraplodon quadratusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera quadrilateraModell (1950)
Castalia sulcata sulcataBonetto (1965)
Castalia quadrataHaas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Mansur et al. (2020)
Castaliella sulcataSimone (2006)
Castaliella quadrataGraf & Cummings (2021)

 
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