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 orbignyi

nominal species Unio dorbignyanus Simpson, 1900

‘Sowerby’ Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 866 [as ‘d’orbignyanus’].
‘Sowerby’ Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1208 [as ‘d’orbignyanus’].
(error for Unio dorbignianus Sowerby, 1868)

= Castalia orbignyi

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