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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini

genus Castalia Lamarck, 1819: synonymy
     13 Recent valid species (13 total species)

Castalia Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 66.
Type species: Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 (monotypy) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon Wagner, 1827
Spix in
Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: pl. 25, figs. 3-4.
Type species: Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 863) = Castalia ambigua

Prisodon Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 18.
(reference to Prisodon Schumacher, 1817)
Type species: Prisodon truncatus Schumacher, 1817 = Castalia ambigua

Castalina Ihering, 1891
Ihering, 1891. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): 477-478.
Type species: Castalina martensi Ihering, 1891 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 865) = Castalia martensi

Chevronais Olsson & Wurtz, 1951
Olsson & Wurtz, 1951. Notulae Naturae (239): 6.
Type species: Chevronais colombiana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951 (orig. desig.) = Castalia ambigua

Chevronaias Haas, 1969
‘Olsson & Wurtz’
Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N460.
(error for Chevronais Olsson & Wurtz, 1951)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

TetraplodonSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916), H.B. Baker (1930)
CastaliaCorsi (1900), F. Baker (1913), Vernhout (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), ... Olivera-Hyde et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024)
CastalinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), ... Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf (2000)
DiplodonSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.)Modell (1950)
ChevronaisOlsson & Wurtz (1951)
Chevronaias [sic]Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
CastaliellaSimone (2006)

 
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