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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia species Castalia psammoica (d’Orbigny, 1835): synonymy
88 specimens Unio psammoica d’Orbigny, 1835
 d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 35.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 608, pl. 71, figs. 4-7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1854.12.4.849, Rio Paraná, Itaty, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina.
Castalina psammoica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1961), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera inflata — Modell (1950)
Castalia psammoica — Bonetto (1965), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Rumi et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024) | |
Castalia ovata Sowerby, 1869
  ‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1, sp. 4.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE BMNH_1964402, Brazil.
Tetraplodon ovatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Tetraplodon retusus — Ihering (1910)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera retusa — Modell (1950)
Castalia psammoica — Bonetto (1965), Simone (2006)
Castalia ovata — Haas (1969) | |
Unio damnoica Lea, 1852
‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
(error for Unio psammoica d’Orbigny, 1835)
Diplodon damnoica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera inflata — Modell (1950)
Castalia inflata — Simone (2006) | |
Castalia psamoica Bonetto & Ezcurra, 1965
Bonetto & Ezcurra, 1965. unknown publication: 58.
(error for Unio psammoica d’Orbigny, 1835)
Castalia psammoica — Mansur (1970) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Castalina psammoica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1961), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969)
Diplodon damnoica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Tetraplodon ovatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Tetraplodon retusus — Ihering (1910)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera inflata — Modell (1950)
Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera retusa — Modell (1950)
Castalia psammoica — Bonetto (1965), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982), Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Rumi et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Castalia ovata — Haas (1969)
Castalia inflata — Simone (2006)
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