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!

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

nominal species Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827

Spix in Wagner, 1827, Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 32, pl. 25, fig. 3. [in part]
(reference to Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827)

= Castalia ambigua

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Tetraplodon ambiguus (Sowerby, 1823) — Simpson, 1914
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus (Spix & Wagner) — Ihering, 1910
+ Tetraplodon ambiguus (‘Lamarck’ Sowerby,1823) — Simpson, 1900
+ Castalia ambigua Lam. — Ihering, 1890
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck — Hupé, 1857
+ Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) — Lea, 1852
+ Castalia (s.s.) pectinata Spix — Swainson, 1840
+ Castalia ambigua Lam. — d’Orbigny, 1835

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