Simpson, 1900 – South America
Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849)
SMF 3784. Maroini River, Suriname (PARATYPE).
Type Species: Castalia sulcata Krauss, 1849.
Original Citation: Simpson, C.T. 1900. Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22(1205):501-1044. p. 866.
Distribution: Guyana and Suriname (Haas 1969:534).
1 Currently Recognized Taxa
Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849)
Synonymy:
Castalia sulcata Krauss, 1849
Eine neue art Castalia. Zeitschrift fur Malakozoologie 5:99. 99
- Paratypes: SMF 3784.
- Type Locality: Maroini River, Surinam.
- Remarks: Also found in British Guiana [=Guyana] (Haas, 1969:534). Type in Stuttgart Museum? Stream spelled Marowini River on the label with the paratypes.
- Simpson 1900: Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849) p. 867.
- Haas 1969: Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849) p. 534.
Unio kraussii Lea, 1853
[Letter from I. Lea to Dr. Leidy dated 21 June 1853]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6(?):376. 376
- Lectotype: USNM 84379. This is most likely not a type
- Type Locality: Maroini River, Surinam [=Suriname].
- Remarks: “Lea received this shell from Dr. Dunker under the name of Castalia sulcata Krauss. Believing it to be a Unio, he placed it in that genus, and the name sulcatus being preoccupied in Unio, he changed it as above.” (Simpson 1900:867).
- Simpson 1900: Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849) p. 867.
- Haas 1969: Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849) p. 534.
Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869
Monograph of the genus Castalia. in L. Reeve and G.B. Sowerby (eds.) Conchologica Iconica 17:1-6 + 3 plates. unpaginated
- Figured: Pl. 1, fig. 3.
- Type Locality: British Guayana [=Guyana].
- Lectotype: BMNH 1841.1.26.5.
- Remarks: Lectotype or is this a Holotype by monotypy? This species was placed in Castalia by both Simpson (1900) and Haas (1969). An examination of the type clearly shows it to be synonymous with Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849), both of which were described from northern South America.
- Simpson 1900: Tetraplodon schombergianus (Sowerby, 1869) p. 864.
- Haas 1969: Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869 p. 538.
