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genus Castaliella Simpson, 1900: species
1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

Castaliella quadrata (Sowerby, 1869)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Guyana? (South America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Castaliella schombergiana (Sowerby, 1869)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Guyana. (South America)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Castalia schombergiana)
other links: MolluscaBase

Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1848)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (24)
Range: From the Essiquibo and east, French Guiana and Surinam. (South America)
other links: MolluscaBase

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