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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 | Castalia species Castalia orbignyi (Deville & Hupé, 1850): synonymy
1 specimen Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850
 Deville & Hupé, 1850. Rev. Mag. Zool. 2: 643, pl. 16, fig. 1.
(renamed Unio orbignyana Hupé, 1857)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0283, du Haut [Upper] Amazone.
Castalina orbignyi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
Castalia sulcata orbignyi — Bonetto (1965), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Castaliella sulcata — Simone (2006)
Castalia orbignyi — Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021) | |
Unio orbignyana Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 83, pl. 17, fig. 1.
(new name for Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850)
Castalina orbignyi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Castaliella sulcata — Simone (2006) | |
Unio dorbignianus Sowerby, 1868
 ‘Hupé & Deville’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 96, sp. 523 [as ‘d’orbignianus’].
(error for Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850)
Castalina orbignyi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) | |
Unio dorbignyanus Simpson, 1900
‘Sowerby’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 866 [as ‘d’orbignyanus’].
‘Sowerby’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1208 [as ‘d’orbignyanus’].
(error for Unio dorbignianus Sowerby, 1868) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Castalina orbignyi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
Castalia sulcata orbignyi — Bonetto (1965), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Castaliella sulcata — Simone (2006)
Castalia orbignyi — Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
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