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Data last updated
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia ambigua

nominal species Castalia acuaticosta Ramírez et al., 2003

Castalia acuaticosta Ramírez et al., 2003 = Castalia ambigua

‘Hupe’ Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.
(error for Castalia acuticosta Hupé, 1857)

= Castalia ambigua

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