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

nominal species Unio ambigua Blainville, 1825

Unio ambigua Blainville, 1825 = Castalia multisulcata

Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 539, pl. 67, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819)

= Castalia multisulcata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Tetraplodon multisulcatus (Húpe, 1857) — Simpson, 1914

+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1870

+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1852

+ Margarita (Unio) ambiguus Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) ambiguus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836

 
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