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

nominal species Unio dorbignyanus Simpson, 1900

Unio dorbignyanus Simpson, 1900 = Castalia orbignyi

‘Sowerby’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 866 [as ‘d’orbignyanus’].
‘Sowerby’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1208 [as ‘d’orbignyanus’].
(error for Unio dorbignianus Sowerby, 1868)

= Castalia orbignyi

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