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Publication Haas (1936): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Haas, F. 1936. Binnen-Mollusken aus Inner-Afrika, hauptsächlich gesammelt von Dr. F. Haas während der Schomburgk-Expedition in der Jahren 1931/32. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 431: 1-156, 8 pls.

Attributed Nominal Species

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) dautzenbergi Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 93, pl. 8, figs. 2a-b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_9545, Chambesi, bei Mbesuma, N. Rhodesia.

Caelatura (Kistinaia) schoutedeni Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 64, pl. 5, figs. 4a-d.
Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N418 [as ‘shoutedeni’].
Type(s): TYPE MRAC_56145, Riv. Luapula a Kasenga.

Caelatura (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 56, pl. 5, figs. 1a-d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio choziensis Preston, 1910)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_9576, Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien.

Caelatura (Zairia) gabunensis Haas, 1936
‘Küster’ Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 68.
(error for Unio gabonensis Küster, 1862)

Caelatura choziensis luapulaensis Haas, 1936
‘Preston’ Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: pl. 5, fig. 2e. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio (Nodularia) luapulaensis Preston, 1913)

Corbicula astartina Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 42.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena astartina Martens, 1860)

Corbicula albida albida Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 41, pl. 2, fig. 5.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula albida rosini Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 41, pl. 3, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848)

Mesafra mesafricana stappersi Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 84, pl. 7, figs. 2a-b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_56762, Riv. Luapula: Kasenga.

Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 98, pl. 8, figs. 3a-e.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_9552, Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien.

Parreysia hypsiprimnus Simpson, 1900
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 849.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1136.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 68.
Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 47.
(error for Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897)

Pisidium costulosum Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 43.
(misidentified reference to Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931)

Sphaerium hartmanni bangweolicum Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 46, pl. 3, figs. 3a-c.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas hartmanni Jickeli, 1874)

Sphaerium hartmanni var. congicum Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 46.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas hartmanni Jickeli, 1874; new name for Sphaerium stuhlmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

Unio billotianus Simpson, 1900
‘Charmes’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 847.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 84.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1130.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 52.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 190.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 65.
(error for Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885)

 
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