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

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Publication Olivera-Hyde et al. (2020): summary
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Complete Citation

Olivera-Hyde, M., E. Hallerman, R. Santos, J. Jones, B. Varnerin et al. 2020. Phylogenetic assessment of freshwater mussels Castalia ambigua and C. inflata at an ecotone in the Paraguay River Basin, Brazil shows that inflated and compressed shell morphotypes are the same species. Diversity 12(12), 481: 1-32. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Callonaia duprei

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835

Castalia stevensi

Triplodon corrugatus