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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Haas (1919): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Haas, F. 1919. Die Unioniden. [in] H.C. Küster, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9 (pt. 2, h. 51): 257-288, pls. 60-63. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Protunio Haas, 1912
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): pl. 32.
Haas, 1913. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 45: 37.
Haas, 1919. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 51): 257.
Type species: Unio messageri Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1901 (orig. desig.) = Protunio messageri

Velunio Haas, 1919
Haas, 1919. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 51): 276. [nomen nudum]
Haas, 1920. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 52): 292.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Physunio Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Unio velaris Sowerby, 1868 (monotypy) = Lamellidens friersoni

Attributed Nominal Species

Parreysia dalliana Frierson, 1913
Frierson, 1913. Nautilus 26: 142.
‘Gould’ Haas, 1919. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 51): pl. 32, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_13699B, Lashio Fl. Lashio nordl Shan Staaten.

Trapezoideus foliaceus Haas, 1919
‘Gould’ Haas, 1919. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 51): pl. 32, figs. 3-4.

Trapezoideus zayleimanensis Haas, 1919
‘Preston’ Haas, 1919. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 51): 267.
‘Preston’ Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 76.

Taxonomic Opinions

Harmandia castelneaui Rochebrune, 1904 = Triplodon corrugatus

Harmandia somboriensis Rochebrune, 1882

Physunio (s.s.) cambodiensis (Lea, 1856) = Lens contradens

Physunio (s.s.) eximius (Lea, 1856) = Lens eximius
+ Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866

Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea, 1856) = Physunio superbus
+ Unio abnormis Morelet, 1862
+ Unio superbus Sowerby, 1867

Physunio (s.s.) inornatus (Lea, 1856) = Lens inornatus

Physunio (s.s.) micropterus (Morelet, 1866) = Lens micropterus

Physunio (s.s.) semialatus (DeShayes & Jullien, 1874) = Lens micropterus
+ Unio micropterus Fischer, 1891

Protunio messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1901)

Trapezoideus dallianus (Frierson, 1913) = Yaukthwa dalliana
+ Unio foliaceus Martens, 1899

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843) = Trapezidens exolescens

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843)
+ Unio peguensis Anthony, 1865

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould, 1843) = Yaukthwa peguensis

Trapezoideus ludovicianus (Rochebrune, 1882) = Lens micropterus

Trapezoideus misellus (Morelet, 1865) = Lens misellus
+ Unio siamensis Lea, 1866
+ Anodon pallegoixi Sowerby, 1867
+ Unio comptus Deshayes & Jullien, 1876
+ Unio fragilis Nevill, 1877
+ Unio exolescens Hanley & Theobald, 1874
+ Trapezoideus foliaceus var. zayleymanensis Preston, 1912

Trapezoideus misellus (Morelet, 1865) = Trapezidens exolescens

Trapezoideus misellus (Morelet, 1865) = Lens pallegoixi

Trapezoideus misellus (Morelet, 1865) = Lens comptus

Trapezoideus misellus (Morelet, 1865) = Yaukthwa zayleymanensis

Trapezoideus subclathratus (von Martens, 1899) = Indonaia subclathrata
 
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