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Publication H.B. Baker (1930): summary

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Full Citation

Baker, H.B. 1930. The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Williamson Expedition in Venezuela. VI. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (210). 95 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Anodontites aroanus H.B. Baker, 1930 = Anodontites aroana

H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 69, pls. 32-33, figs. D.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_112621, Caño Minapam, near Palma Sola, Venezuela.

Pisidium bejumae H.B. Baker, 1930 = Pisidium bejumae

H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 58, pl. 31, figs. 7-10 [as ‘bejumæ’].

Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930 = Eupera gravis

H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 56, pl. 31, figs. 1-6.

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Anodontites infossus H.B. Baker, 1930 = Anodontites infossa

H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 67, pls. 32-33, figs. E.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_112619, Caño Minapam, near Palma Sola, Venezuela.

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Tetraplodon stevensi H.B. Baker, 1930 = Castalia stevensi

H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 63, pl. 32-33, figs. B.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_125531A, Yuruari River, Venezuela.

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Polymesoda zulia H.B. Baker, 1930 = Polymesoda zuila

H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 61, pls. 32-33, figs. C, F.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites aroanus new species = Anodontites aroana

Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927

Anodontites infossus new species = Anodontites infossa

Anodontites irisans Marshall, 1926 = Anodontites leotaudi

Anodontites pittieri Marshall, 1922 = Anodontites tehuantepecensis

Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852)
+ Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858

Anodontites trapezialis [sic] Simpson, 1914 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Virgula) falsus (Simpson, 1900) = Lamproscapha falsa

Corbicula (Neocorbicula) cuneata (Jonas, 1844) = Cyanocyclas cuneata

Eupera bahiensis (”Spix” Wagner, 1827)
+ Cyclas?? tumida Clessin, 1879

Eupera bahiensis (”Spix” Wagner, 1827) = Eupera tumida

Eupera gravis new species

Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925

Eupera moquiniana (Bourguignat, 1854) = Eupera modioliforme
+ Cyclas modioliformis Anton, 1837
+ Cyclas (Pisidium) diaphanum Haldeman, 1841
+ Cyclas littoralis Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas striatella Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas venezuelensis Prime, 1865

Eupera moquiniana (Bourguignat, 1854) = Eupera bahiensis

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)
+ Cyclas bahiensis Martens, 1873

Monocondylaea tamsiana Dunker, 1858 = Tamsiella tamsiana
+ Monocondylaea tamsana Simpson, 1900

Mycetopoda pittieri Marshall, 1927

Pisidium bejumae new species

Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)

Polymesoda aequilatera (Desh.) = Polymesoda mexicana

Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854)

Polymesoda mexicana (Brod. & Swby.)

Polymesoda zulia new species = Polymesoda zuila

Prisodon syrmatophorus (Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781)

Tetraplodon stevensi new species = Castalia stevensi
 
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