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Castalia orbignyi  (Deville & Hupé, 1850)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 983862

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850
  
    Unio orbignyana Hupé, 1857
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyHyrioidea Swainson, 1840  
                               FamilyHyriidae Swainson, 1840  
                                  SubfamilyHyriinae Swainson, 1840  
                                     TribeCastaliini Morretes, 1949  
                                        GenusCastalia Lamarck, 1819  
                                           SpeciesCastalia orbignyi (Deville & Hupé, 1850)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Castalia orbignyi   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Haas, Fritz   
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamilia Unionacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Das Tierreich, vol. 88   
  Page(s): x + 663   
  Publisher: Walter de Gruyter   
  Publication Place: Berlin, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0040-7305   
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  Reference for: Castalia orbignyi   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pereira, Daniel, Maria Cristina Dreher Mansur, Leandro D. S. Duarte, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hydrobiologia, vol. 735, no. 1   
  Page(s): 15-44   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0018-8158   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10750-013-1639-x   
  Reference for: Castalia orbignyi   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Poorly defined distribution in the 'Upper Amazon'  
 

 

    


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