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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 | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Castaliini | Castalia

species Castalia orinocensis Morrison, 1943: specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Castalia orinocensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Orinoco River, Colombia and Venezuela.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Colombia