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

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Bivalvia | ... | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castaliella

species Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1848): synonymy
     24 specimens

Castalia sulcata Krauss, 1849
Krauss, 1849. Z. Malak. 5: 99.
(renamed Unio kraussii Lea, 1853)
Type(s): SYNTYPES SMF_3784, Marowini Fluss, Surinam.

Castaliella sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1932), Thiele (1934), ... Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Castalia sulcataVernhout (1914), Mansur & Valer (1992), Massemin et al. (2010), Pereira et al. (2014)
Castalia (Castaliella) sulcataModell (1950)
Castalia sulcata sulcataBonetto (1965)

Unio kraussii Lea, 1853
Lea, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 376.
(new name for Castalia sulcata Krauss, 1849)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84379, Maroini R., Surinam.

Castaliella sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Simone (2006)
Castalia (Castaliella) sulcataModell (1950)
Castalia sulcata sulcataBonetto (1965)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Castaliella sulcataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1932), Thiele (1934), ... Simone (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Castalia sulcataVernhout (1914), Mansur & Valer (1992), Massemin et al. (2010), Pereira et al. (2014)
Castalia (Castaliella) sulcataModell (1950)
Castalia sulcata sulcataBonetto (1965)

 
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