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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Castaliella schombergiana (Sowerby, 1869): synonymy
     3 specimens

Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869
Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1, sp. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1841-1-26-5, British Guiana.

Tetraplodon schombergianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera retusaModell (1950)
Castalia sulcata sulcataBonetto (1965)
Castalia schombergianaHaas (1969), Mansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003), Martinez et al. (2004), Lasso et al. (2009), IUCN (2011), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020)
Castaliella sulcataSimone (2006)
Castaliella schombergianaGraf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Tetraplodon schombergianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera retusaModell (1950)
Castalia sulcata sulcataBonetto (1965)
Castalia schombergianaHaas (1969), Mansur & Valer (1992), Ramírez et al. (2003), Martinez et al. (2004), Lasso et al. (2009), IUCN (2011), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020)
Castaliella sulcataSimone (2006)
Castaliella schombergianaGraf & Cummings (2021)

 
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