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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Palaeoheterodonta
Ordo: Unionida
Superfamilia: Hyrioidea

Familia: Hyriidae
Subfamiliae: Hyriinae
Genus: Castalia
Species: C. ambigua – C. multisulcata – C. orinocensis – C. schombergiana – C. stevensi
Name

Castalia Lamarck, 1819
Synonyms

Tetraplodon Spix, 1827

References

Martínez Escarbassiere, Rafael 1983: Contribución al conocimiento de la gloquidia de Catatalia ambigua multisulcata Hupé, 1857, “Guacuco de río” (Mollusca: Lamellibranquia: Hyriidae). Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 11(4):197-213.
Martínez Escarbassiere, Rafael., Cabrera M , Amyra y Lasso, Carlos A. 2004: Moluscos bivalvos (Unionacea y Mutelacea) de la cuenca del río Orinoco, Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundación La salle de Ciencias Naturales 159-160:283-303.
Lasso, Carlos A., Martínez Escarbassiere, Rafael., Capelo Juan Carlos., Morales Betancourt, Mónica A. y Sánchez Maya. Alejandro. 2009: Lista de los moluscos (Gastropoda – Bivalvia) dulceacuícolas y esturarinos de la cuenca del Orinoco (Venezuela). Biota Colombiana 10(1-2):63-74.
Pinpao, Daniel. M., Rocha, Marcelo. S. Fettuccia, Daniela de C. 2008. Freshwater mussels of Catalão, confluence of Solimões and Negro rivers, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Check List 4 (4): 395–400.
Simone, L.R. L. 2006: Land and freshwater mollusca of Brazil. EEB, FAPESP, São Paulo. 390pp

External links

Kevin S. Cummings and Christine A. Mayer. The Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Etherioidea) of Venezuela Illinois Natural History Survey.

Castalia is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Hyriidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in America.[1]

Species:[1]

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819
Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840
Castalia cretacea Mezzalira & Simone, 1999
Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865
Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869
Castalia inflata d'Orbigny, 1835
Castalia martensi (Ihering, 1891)
Castalia minuta Mezzalira & Simone, 1999
Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857
Castalia nehringi (Ihering, 1893)
Castalia orbignyi (Deville & Hupé, 1850)
Castalia orinocensis Morrison, 1943
Castalia pazi Hidalgo, 1868
Castalia psammoica (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Castalia stevensi (H.B.Baker, 1930)
Castalia undosa E.von Martens, 1885

References

"Castalia Lamarck, 1819". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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