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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | ... | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia ambigua

nominal species Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1869

= Castalia ambigua

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Simone, 2006

+ Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Ramírez et al., 2003

+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Haas, 1969

+ Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 — Bonetto, 1965

+ Castalia (s.s.) quadrilatera quadrilatera Orbigny, 1835 — Modell, 1950

= Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1869 — Morretes, 1949

= Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1867 — Haas, 1931

= Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1867 — Ortmann, 1921

+ Tetraplodon ambiguus Lamarck — Haas, 1916

+ Tetraplodon ambiguus (Sowerby, 1823) — Simpson, 1914

= Tetraplodon hanleyanus (Sowerby in Reeve, 1869) — Ihering, 1910

+ Tetraplodon ambiguus (‘Lamarck’ Sowerby,1823) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1870

= Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1869 — Sowerby, 1869