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

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species Castalia nehringi (Ihering, 1893): synonymy
     22 specimens

Castalina nehringi Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1891. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): 477. [nomen nudum]
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 75, pl. 3, fig. 4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_3787, Rio Piracicaba, S. Paulo, Brasilien.

Castalina nehringiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1961), Haas (1969)
Castalia sulcata nerhingi [sic]Bonetto (1965)
Castalia sulcata nehringiQuintana (1982)
Castalia nehringiSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Castalia sulcata nerhingi Bonetto, 1965
‘Ihering’ Bonetto, 1965. Physis 25(69): 195.
(error for Castalina nehringi Ihering, 1893)

Castalia sulcata nehringiQuintana (1982)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Castalina nehringiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1961), Haas (1969)
Castalia sulcata nerhingi [sic]Bonetto (1965)
Castalia sulcata nehringiQuintana (1982)
Castalia nehringiSimone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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