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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 ecarinatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia ecarinata — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014), IUCN (2016), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcata — Modell (1950)
Castalia multisulcata — Ramírez 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.

Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcata — Modell (1950)
Castalia multisulcata — Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)
Castalia ecarinata — Breure et al. (2022)