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

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Publication Haas (1912): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Haas, F. 1912. Die Unioniden. [in] H.C. Küster, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 113-136, pls. 30-35. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Leiovirgus Haas, 1912
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 132.
Type species: Unio misoolensis Schepman, 1897 (orig. desig.) = Hyridella misoolensis

Margaritanopsis Haas, 1910
Haas, 1910. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 42): pl. 12.
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 121.
Haas, 1913. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 45: 33.
Type species: Unio laosensis Lea, 1863 (monotypy) = Gibbosula laosensis

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

Schepmania Haas, 1910
Haas, 1910. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 42): pl. 12.
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 124.
Haas, 1913. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 45: 33.
Type species: Unio nieuwenhuisi Schepman, 1898 (sub. desig. by Haas, 1912: 124) = Schepmania nieuwenhuisi

Unionella Haas, 1913
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): pl. 31.
Haas, 1913. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 45: 37.
Haas, 1914. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 50): 250.
(homonym of Etheridge, 1888; renamed Unionetta Haas, 1955)
Type species: Unio fabagina Deshayes & Jullien, 1876 (orig. desig.) = Unionetta fabagina

Attributed Nominal Species

Arcidopsis footei Haas, 1912
‘Theobald’ of Authors.
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 121, pl. 11, fig. 2.
Prashad, 1920. Rec. Ind. Mus. 19: 165.

Trapezoideus prashadi Haas, 1922
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 121, pl. 11, fig. 2 [as ‘Arcidopsis footei’].
Prashad, 1920. Rec. Ind. Mus. 19: 165 [as ‘Arcidopsis footei’].
Haas, 1922. Senckenbergiana 4: 101.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3614, Mysore.

Trapezoideus zayleiwanensis Haas, 1912
‘Preston’ Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): pl. 33, fig. 1.

Unio pahoembaensis Haas, 1912
‘Martens’ Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): pl. 28, figs. 1-2.

Unio penisatus Simpson, 1900
‘Crosse & Fischer’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 853.
Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 135.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1155.

Unio sella Haas, 1912
‘Tapparone-Canefri, in manuscript’ Haas, 1912. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 46): 122.

Taxonomic Opinions

Arcidopsis footei (Theobald, 1876)

Ctenodesma (s.s.) borneensis (Issel, 1874) = Ctenodesma borneensis
+ Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859
+ Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Margaritanopsis laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis
+ Unio sula Simpson, 1900
+ Unio sella Haas, 1912

Nodularia (sec. Scabies) nucleus (Lea, 1856) = Scabies nucleus

Pseudobaphia biesiana (Heude, 1877)

Schepmania nieuwenhuisi (Schepman, 1898)

Schepmania parcesculpta (von Martens, 1903)

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

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

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