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

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species Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857: synonymy
     5 specimens

Unio ambigua Blainville, 1825
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 539, pl. 67, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819)

Tetraplodon multisulcatusSimpson (1914)

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 75, pl. 14, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_IM-2000-35484, Rio Mondego, (Bresil).

Tetraplodon multisulcatusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Castalia multisulcataHaas (1931), Morretes (1949), Haas (1969), Mansur (1991), Mansur & Valer (1992), ... Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcataModell (1950)
Castalia ambigua multisulcataBonetto (1965)

Castalia multicostata Sowerby, 1869
‘Hupé’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 9, figs. 9a-b.
(error for Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857)

Tetraplodon multisulcatusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcataModell (1950)
Castalia multisulcataRamírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Tetraplodon multisulcatusSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Castalia multisulcataHaas (1931), Morretes (1949), Haas (1969), Mansur (1991), Mansur & Valer (1992), ... Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua multisulcataModell (1950)
Castalia ambigua multisulcataBonetto (1965)

 
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