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

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species Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865: synonymy
     12 specimens

Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865
Hidalgo, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 316.
Hidalgo, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 429, pl. 14, fig. 2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_MP_0195, “Hab. Imbabura, Républicæ Æquatorianæ (coll. Crosse, Hidalgo et Paz).”.

Tetraplodon crosseanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916)
Castalia crosseanaHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua crosseanaModell (1950)
Castalia ambigua ambiguaBonetto (1965), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Castalia ambiguaSimone (2006)

Castalia crosseiana Lea, 1870
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: corrigenda et addenda.
(error for Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865)

Castalia crossiana Lea, 1870
‘Hupé’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
(error for Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Tetraplodon crosseanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1916)
Castalia crosseanaHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Pereira et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022)
Castalia (s.s.) ambigua crosseanaModell (1950)
Castalia ambigua ambiguaBonetto (1965), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Castalia ambiguaSimone (2006)

 
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