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

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species Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869: synonymy
     19 specimens

Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869
Mousson, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 185.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_MUS_ZURICH, Puerto Nacional, Venezuela [Colombia] “from the inland lakes of Puerto-Nuovo (Magdalena)”.

Tetraplodon ecarinatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia ecarinataHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014), IUCN (2016), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcataModell (1950)
Castalia multisulcataRamírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Tetraplodon linki Marshall, 1926
Marshall, 1926. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 69(2638): 6, pl. 1, figs. 6-7; pl. 3, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_362860, Sinu R., at Lorica, Dept. Bolivar, U.S. Colombia.

Marshall (1934), Haas (1969)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcataModell (1950)
Castalia multisulcataRamírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)
Castalia ecarinataBreure et al. (2022)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Tetraplodon ecarinatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia ecarinataHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014), IUCN (2016), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Marshall (1934), Haas (1969)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcataModell (1950)
Castalia multisulcataRamírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

 
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