NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Castaliini
  Subfamily - Hyriinae
  Family - Hyriidae
  Superfamily - Hyrioidea
  Order - Unionoida
  Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Castalia orbignyi
      Species - Castalia undosa
      Species - Castalia stevensi
      Species - Castalia orinocensis
      Species - Castalia nehringi
      Species - Castalia multisulcata
      Species - Castalia martensi
      Species - Castalia inflata
      Species - Castalia ecarinata
      Species - Castalia crosseana
      Species - Castalia cordata
      Species - Castalia ambigua
      Species - Castalia psammoica