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Publication Haas (1969): taxonomic opinions

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Complete Citation

Haas, F. 1969. Superfamily Unionacea. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N411-N470.

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea (Pseudomulleria) dalyi (Smith, E.A., 1898) = Pseudomulleria dalyi

Acostaea (s.s.) lobata (Ferussac) = Mulleria rivoli

Actinonaias sapotalensis (Lea, 1841)

Acuticosta sinensis [sic] (Lea, 1868) = Acuticosta chinensis

Afroparreysia lobensis (Frierson, 1913) = Coelatura lobensis

Alasmidonta (Bullella) arcula (Lea, 1838) = Alasmidonta arcula

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata Say, 1819 = Alasmidonta marginata
+ Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831

Alasmidonta (Pegias) fabula (Lea, 1838) = Pegias fabula

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola (Lea, 1828) = Sulcularia viridis

Alasmidonta (Prolasmidonta) heterodon (Lea, 1829) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulata (Say, 1817) = Alasmidonta undulata

Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Amblema (Psorula) salinarum (Haas, 1929) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Amblema (s.s.) plicata costata Rafinesque, 1820 = Amblema plicata

Anodonta (Arnoldina) dejecta Lewis, 1875 = Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) coarctata Anton, 1839 = Brachyanodon impura
+ Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893

Anodonta (Gabillotia) pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Haasiella) arcaeformis (Heude, 1877) = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta (Liouvillea) pallaryi Bédé, 1932 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Mesanodon) lurulenta Morelet, 1849 = Anodontites lurulenta

Anodonta (Pyganodon) globosa Lea, 1841 = Pyganodon globosa

Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linné, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Utterbackiana) suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodontites (Lamproscapha) ensiformis (Spix, 1827) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodontites (Ruganodontites) colombiensis Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites colombiensis

Anodontites (s.s.) cristatus [sic] Bruguiere, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834)

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Arcidopsis footei (Theobald, 1876)

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856) = Lanceolaria lanceolata

Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 = Arcidens wheeleri

Aspatharia (Arthropteron) ouassouloui (Rochebrune, 1904) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Chambardia) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera (Dunker, 1858) = Aspatharia rugifera
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859

Balwantia soleniformis (Benson, 1836)

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)

Caelatura [sic] (Brazzaea) anceyi (Bourguignat, 1885) = Brazzaea anceyi

Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) = Grandidieria burtoni

Caelatura [sic] (Kalliphenga) ruellani (Bourguignat, 1883) = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Caelatura [sic] (Kistinaia) shoutedeni [sic] Haas, 1936 = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura stagnorum
+ Unio stagnorum Dautzenberg, 1890

Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura disciformis

Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Caelatura [sic] (Rhytidonaia) graueri Haas, 1927 = Coelatura leopoldvillensis

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura gabonensis

Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) = Unio caffer

Callonaia duprei (Récluz, 1842)

Canthyria spinosa (Lea, 1838) = Elliptio spinosa

Carunculina parva texasensis [sic] (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castaliella sulcata (Krauss, 1849)

Castalina martensi von Ihering, 1891 = Castalia martensi

Castalioides laddei [sic]

Caudiculatus caudiculatus (von Martens, 1866)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea, 1856)

Chevronaias [sic] colombiana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951 = Castalia ambigua

Cokeria southalli Marshall, 1916 = Amblema plicata

Conchodromus dromus [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Dromus dromas

Conradilla caelata (Conrad, 1834) = Lemiox rimosus

Contradens (s.s.) contradens (Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens

Contradens (Sprickia) verbeeki [sic] (‘Boettger’ von Martens, 1897) = Lens contradens

Costanaia arciformis MacNeil

Cristaria (Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea, 1834) = Pletholophus tenuis

Cristaria (s.s.) plicata (Leach, 1815) = Cristaria plicata

Ctenodesma borneense (Issel, 1874) = Ctenodesma borneensis

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude, 1874)

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Diaurora aurorea (Heude, 1883)

Diplodon (Bulloideus) bulloides (Lea, 1859) = Diplodon variabilis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon paranensis

Diplodon (s.s.) ellypticum Spix, 1827 = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon (Schleschiella) burroughianus (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon burroughianus

Diplodontites cookei Marshall, 1922

Discomya radulosa (Drouet & Chaper, 1892)

Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) capsaeformis (Lea, 1834) = Epioblasma capsaeformis

Dysnomia (Penita) penita (Conrad, 1834) = Epioblasma penita

Dysnomia (Pilea) personata (Say, 1829) = Epioblasma personata

Dysnomia (s.s.) flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma flexuosa

Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata (Lea, 1829) = Epioblasma obliquata

Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma torulosa

Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma triquetra

Elliptio (Micronaias) aratus (Lea, 1843) = Micronaias arata

Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) = Elliptio crassidens

Elongaria (Nannonaia) trompi (Drouet & Chaper, 1892) = Elongaria trompi

Elongaria (s.s.) orientalis (Lea, 1840) = Elongaria orientalis

Ensidens (s.s.) ingallsianus (Lea, 1852) = Ensidens ingallsianus

Ensidens (Uniandra) inaequalis (Rochebrune, 1882) = Lens micropterus

Eonaias reynosenica Marshall

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807

Fossula fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson, 1907)

Fusconaia undata trigona (Lea, 1831) = Fusconaia flava

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854

Haasica balzani (von Ihering, 1893)

Haasodonta fannyae (Johnson, R.I., 1948)

Heudeana murina (Heude, 1883) = Ptychorhynchus murinum

Hyridella (Lortiella) rugata (Sowerby, 1868) = Lortiella rugata

Hyridella (Protohyridella) glenelgensis (Dennant, 1898) = Hyridella glenelgensis

Hyridella (s.s.) australis (Lamarck, 1819) = Hyridella australis
+ Unio napeanensis Conrad, 1850

Hyridella (Velesunio) ambigua (Philippi, 1847) = Velesunio ambiguus
+ Unio balonnensis Conrad, 1850

Hyriopsis bialata Simpson, 1900
+ Unio delphinus Gruner, 1841

Iheringella isocardioides (Lea, 1856) = Iheringella isocardiodes

Inversidens brandti (Kobelt, 1879) = Inversidens brandtii

Iridina (Cameronia) spekei Woodward, 1859 = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus

Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lamprotula (Parunio) crassus (Ping, 1931) = Lamprotula crassa

Lamprotula (s.s.) plumbea (Chemnitz, 1795) = Lamprotula plumbea

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) berlandieri (Lea, 1857) = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) delphinulus (Morelet, 1849) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Lampsilis (Disconaias) discus (Lea, 1838) = Disconaias disca

Lampsilis (Mesonaias) explicata (Morelet, 1849) = Mesonaias explicata

Lampsilis (Ortmanniana) carinata (Barnes, 1823) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Lampsilis (Phyllonaias) paludosa (Morelet, 1849) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Lampsilis (s.s.) ovata (Say, 1817) = Lampsilis ovata

Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) venusta (Lea, 1838) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Lampsilis (Villosa) villosa (Wright, B.H., 1898) = Villosa villosa

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) = Lanceolaria grayii

Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Platynaias compressa
+ Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829

Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Sulcularia viridis

Lasmigona (Pterosyna) complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata

Lasmigona (s.s.) costata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Lasmigona costata
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823

Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia (Rafinesque, 1831) = Sulcularia viridis

Lastena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Hemistena lata

Leguminaia (Microcondylaea) uniopsis (Lamarck, 1819) = Microcondylaea bonellii

Leguminaia (Pseudodontopsis) euphratica (Bourguignat, 1852) = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Leguminaia (Pseudoleguminaia) chantrei Locard, 1883 = Leguminaia saulcyi
+ Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883

Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis (Lea, 1865) = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Leila blainvilleana [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Leila blainvilliana

Lepidodesma languilatum [sic] (Heude, 1874) = Lepidodesma languilati

Leptanodonta rumana Wenz, 1941
+ Dreissenomya unionides Wenz, 1927

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon

Lexingtonia subplana (Conrad, 1837) = Fusconaia masoni

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Loxopleurus belliplicatus (Meek) = Protamblema belliplicatus

Margaritifera (Cumberlandia) monodonta (Say, 1829) = Cumberlandia monodonta

Margaritifera (Margaritanopsis) laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera (Linné, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Medionidus conradianus [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Medionidus conradicus

Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio heros Say, 1829

Megalonoidea porcata MacNeil = Amblema porcata

Mesafra mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) = Coelatura mesafricana

Micromya fabalis (Lea, 1831) = Paetulunio fabalis

Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835

Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundo (von Martens, 1881) = Chelidonopsis hirundo
+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886

Mutela (Moncetia) anceyi (Bourguignat, 1885) = Moncetia anceyi

Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela dubia

Mycetopoda soleniformis d’Orbigny, 1835

Mycetopodella falcatus (Higgins, 1868) = Mycetopodella falcata

Nephronaias (Elliptoideus) sloatiana (Lea, 1840) = Elliptoideus sloatianus

Nephronaias (Martensnaias) rubicunda (von Martens, 1900) = Psoronaias rubicunda

Nephronaias (Nephritica) poeyanus (Lea, 1857) = Nephritica poeyana

Nephronaias (Popenaias) popeii (Lea, 1857) = Popenaias popeii

Nephronaias (Reticulatus) reticulata Simpson, 1900 = Arotonaias reticulata

Nephronaias (s.s.) plicatula (Charpentier in Küster, 1856) = Nephronaias aztecorum

Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) liebmanni (Philippi, 1847) = Sphenonaias liebmanni

Nippononaia ryosekiana (Suzuki)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria (Pseudoon) olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obovaria olivaria
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828

Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck, 1819) = Obovaria retusa

Oxynaia jourdyi (Morlet, 1886) = Nodularia douglasiae

Pachynaias spheniopsis (Morelet, 1849)

Palindonaia solandri (Sowerby, 1826)

Paranodonta ôtai Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1936 = Paranodonta otai

Parreysia (Nyassunio) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Parreysia (Radiatula) crispisulcata (Benson, 1862) = Radiatula crispisulcata

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Paxyodon alatus (Sowerby, 1869) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Paxyodon syrmatophora (Gronovius, 1781) = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817

Physunio (Lens) eximius (Lea, 1856) = Lens eximius

Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea, 1856) = Physunio superbus

Physunio (Velunio) velaris (Sowerby, 1868) = Lamellidens friersoni

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea, 1838)

Plagiola depressa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 = Pleurobema clava

Plicatounio naktongensis Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1936

Pliconaias popenoei Marshall

Potomida (Cuneopsidea) sculpta (Brusina, 1874) = Potomida sculpta

Potomida (s.s.) littoralis semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potomida littoralis
+ Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840

Potomida (s.s.) littoralis semirugata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potomida semirugata

Pressidens moellendorffi Haas, 1910 = Pressidens exanthematicus

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Prisodontopsis johnstoni (Smith, E.A., 1893) = Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis

Prohyriopsis stolata (von Martens, 1900)

Proparreysia percorrugata (Whitfield)

Proptera alata (Say, 1817) = Potamilus alatus

Protelliptio (Plesielliptio) priscus (Meek & Hayden) = Plesielliptio priscus

Protelliptio (s.s.) biornatus (Russell) = Protelliptio biornatus

Protunio messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1901)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudobaphia biesiana (Heude, 1877)

Pseudodon (Bineurus) mouhoti (Lea, 1863) = Bineurus mouhotii

Pseudodon (Chrysopseudodon) aureus Heude, 1885 = Pseudobaphia aurea

Pseudodon (Cosmopseudodon) resupinatus von Martens, 1902 = Cosmopseudodon resupinatus

Pseudodon (Diplopseudodon) crassus Drouet, 1892 = Pseudodon walpolei

Pseudodon (Indopseudodon) salwenianus (Gould, 1844) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon (Monodontina) vondembuschianus (Lea, 1840) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Pseudodon (Nasus) nankingensis (Heude, 1874) = Simpsonasus nankingensis

Pseudodon (Obovalis) loomisi Simpson, 1900 = Obovalis omiensis

Pseudodon (s.s.) inoscularis (Gould, 1844) = Pseudodon inoscularis

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus (Anthony, J.G., 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880)

Psoronaias psorica (Morelet, 1851) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Ptychobranchus (s.s.) phaseolus (Hildreth, 1828) = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Ptychobranchus (Subtentus) subtentus (Say, 1825) = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Ptychorhynchoideus gümbeli Modell, 1931 = Ptychorhynchoideus guembeli

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Quadrula (Amphinaias) couchianus (Lea, 1860) = Quadrula couchiana

Quadrula (Luteacarnea) striata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obovaria subrotunda

Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma obliquata

Quadrula (Orthonymus) cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula (Pleuronaia) barnesiana (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Quadrula (s.s.) quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula quadrula

Quincuncina burkei Walker, 1922 = Fusconaia burkei

Rectidens prolongatus (Drouet, 1894) = Rectidens sumatrensis

Rhabdotophorus gracilis Russell, 1935

Rhombuniopsis tauriformis (Fulton, 1906)

Scabies scobinata (Lea, 1856) = Scabies scobinatus

Schepmania nieuwenhuisi (Schepman, 1898)

Shistodesmus [sic] lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867) = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Simpsonella purpurea (Valenciennes, 1833) = Simpsonella burroughiana

Solenaia emarginata (Lea, 1860)

Strophitus (Jugosus) wrightianus Walker, 1901 = Alasmidonta wrightiana

Strophitus (Pseudodontoideus) alabamensis (Lea, 1861) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Strophitus (s.s.) undulatus (Say, 1817) = Strophitus undulatus

Sulcatula tungurensis Leroy, 1940

Tamsiella tamsiana (Dunker, 1858)

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843)

Triplodon (s.s.) rugosus Spix, 1827 = Triplodon corrugatus

Triplodon (Triquetrana) stevensi (Lea, 1871) = Triplodon corrugatus

Tritogonia verrucosus (Say) = Quadrula verrucosa

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio (Eolymnium) terminalis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio terminalis

Unio (Heterunio) exquisitus Lindholm = Unio exquisitus

Unio (s.s.) pictorum (Linné, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Unio (Sculptunio) bituberculosus trigonoides (Lindholm) = Unio bituberculosus

Unio (Tuberunio) uniserialis [sic] (Lindholm) = Unio uniseralis

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Unionea [sic] fabagina (DeShayes & Jullien, 1874) = Unionetta fabagina

Vetulonaia whitei Branson

Virgus (Leiovirgus) misoolensis (Schepman, 1897) = Hyridella misoolensis

Virgus (s.s.) beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883) = Virgus beccarianus

 
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