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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 | Castaliella

species Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1848): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Castaliella sulcataGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Castalia sulcataMassemin et al. (2010), Pereira et al. (2014)

Range

From the Essiquibo and east, French Guiana and Surinam.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


specimen
SMF_MP_09

specimen
MNHN_MP_0784

Rio Varana


French Guiana

specimen
MNHN_MP_0398

Emponou Tabiki Soula, pres de Entouke [?], Maripasoula (Guyane Fr.)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0400

Maripasoula (Guyane Fr.)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0884

Maroni, Guayane Francaise, Emponou Tabiki Soula, Maripasoula

specimen
MNHN_MP_0787

Tampoc (affluent Maroni)


Guyana

specimen
AMS_1736

British Guiana

specimen
MNHN_MP_0794

Guyane

SMF_MUSEUM_WIEN. Rupununi Fluss, Melville, Brit. Guayana


Suriname

specimen
ZMB_48773

Fl. Marowini, Surinam

specimen
ZMB_UNCAT2

Marank [?]

specimen
USNM_84379

Maroini R., Surinam

specimen
USNM_84379

Maroini R., Surinam

specimen
SMF_3784

Marowini Fluss, Surinam

specimen
SMF_3784

Marowini Fluss, Surinam

specimen
SMF_11741

Ob. Marowini Fluss, Surinam

specimen
UMMZ_110913

Ober Marowini River, Surinam, South America

specimen
UMMZ_110913

Ober Marowini River, Surinam, South America

specimen
MNHN_MP_0775

Rio Paraná [No - Suriname]

specimen
SMF_11742

Surinam

specimen
CM_61.90

Surinam, Guianas

specimen
UMMZ_110912

Surinam, South America

specimen
UMMZ_110912

Surinam, South America

specimen
UMMZ_110912

Surinam, South America

specimen
MCZ_238327

Tapanahoni River, Godoholo (Saniki), Surinam

specimen
BMNH_82-3-27-28-29

Upper Maroni River, Surinam

specimen
ZMB_34258

Upper Maroni River, Surinam

RMNH_327162. Gonini exp. Litani

RMNH_327172. Marowyne River, Suriname