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Publication Martens (1900): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Martens, E.v. 1900. Land and freshwater Mollusca. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 675 pp. . Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta bambusearum Martens, 1900
‘Morelet’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 535.
(error for Anodon bambousearum Morelet, 1851)

Anodonta ciconia Carpenter, 1857
‘Gould’ of Authors.
Carpenter, 1857. Maz. Shells: 117.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 534, pl. 68, 78, figs. 2-2a.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 536, pl. 41, fig. 4.
(reference to Anodon ciconia Gould, 1851)

Anodonta depexa Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 538, pl. 41, figs. 3a-c.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_108855 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 379), Paso San Antonio, Rio Michatoya, Guatemala.

Anodonta inaequivalvis Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 922.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 534.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1423.
Mansur et al., 2020. [in] Damborenea, Rogers & Thorp, Freshw.Invert. Neotrop. 5: 424.
(error for Anodonta inaequivalva Lea, 1868)

Anodonta richardsoni Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 529, pl. 41, figs. 1-2a.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_108856, Rio Ameca, Prov. Jalisco, Mexico.

Cyrena cordata Martens, 1865
Martens, 1865. Malak. Blatt. 12: 65.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 546, pl. 42, figs. 7-7b.

Eupera pittieri Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 553, pl. 43, figs. 4-4b.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) martensi Frierson, 1927
‘Philippi’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 1-1a [as ‘Unio aztecorum’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 364.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB/MOLL_220183, Misantlla, Mexico.

Psoronaias martensi Frierson, 1927
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 494, pl. 31, figs. 1-2 [as ‘Unio psoricus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 64, sp. 279.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS TYPE] ZMB/MOLL_39466 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 146), N. Guatemala: Rio de las Salinas.

Sphaerium costaricanum Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 552, pl. 43, figs. 1-1b.

Sphaerium luridum Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 552, pl. 43, figs. 2-2c.

Unio aratus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: fig. ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio aratus Lea, 1843)

Unio aztecorum Martens, 1900
‘Philippi’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 1-1a. [in part]
(reference to Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)

Unio aztecorum Martens, 1900
‘Philippi’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 2-2a. [in part]
(reference to Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)

Unio cuprinus Martens, 1900
‘Lea’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 505.
(misidentified reference to Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831)

Unio gabbianus Martens, 1900
‘Lea’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 39, figs. 5-5b.
(misidentified reference to Unio gabbianus Lea, 1868)

Unio globulosus Martens, 1900
‘Dunker, in coll.’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 499.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aratus Lea, 1843)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB/MOLL_305844, Central America.

Unio goascoranensis Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 501, pl. 38, figs. 10-10a.
(reference to Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858)

Unio mexicanus Martens, 1900
‘Parreyss, in Mus. Berol.’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 505.
(intro'd as syn of Unio persulcatus Lea, 1859)

Unio microdon Martens, 1887
Martens, 1887. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1887: 107.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504, pl. 35, figs. 1-1c.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE ZMB_39465, Rio de las Salinas, Guatemala.

Unio panucoensis Martens, 1900
‘von dem Busch’ of Authors.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 510, 651.
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 533.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 603.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 82.
(error for Unio panacoensis Philippi, 1843)

Unio percompressus Martens, 1887
Martens, 1887. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1887: 107.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 496, pl. 32, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_39463 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 315), Rio de las Salinas, Guatemala.

Unio popeii Fischer & Crosse, 1894
of Authors.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 605 [as ‘Unio (Graphonaias) popei’].
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504 [as ‘Unio (Nephronaias) popei’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 738 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 535. [in part]
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 271 [as ‘Elliptio’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 700 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 330 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 201 [as ‘Nephronaias (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 308 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 504 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio popeii Lea, 1857)

Unio psoricus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 494, pl. 31, figs. 1-2.
(reference to Unio psoricus Morelet, 1851)

Unio rubicundus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 514, pl. 34, figs. 3-3a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108853, Coban, Guatemala.

Unio usumacintae Martens, 1900
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 40: 294 [as ‘usumasintæ’].
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 500 [as ‘usumacintæ’].
(new name for Unio usumasintae Crosse & Fischer, 1893)

Unio (Crenodonta) stolli Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 492, pl. 29, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_39464, Rio de las Salinas, Guatemala.

Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 519, pl. 38, figs. 7-8a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_220175 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 260), Rio Michatoya, bei Paso San Antonio, Guatemala.

Unio (Elliptio) radiatulus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 518, pl. 39, figs. 8a-b.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_108851 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 260), Rio Michatoya, bei Paso San Antonio, Guatemala.

Unio (Elliptio) ravistellus var. majusculus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 516.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ravistellus Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_38701 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 277), See Yzabal, Guatemala.

Unio (Lampsilis) discus var. connectens Martens, 1900
‘von dem Busch’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 242, pl. 81, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio panacoensis’].
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 55, sp. 281 [as ‘Unio mexicanus’].
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 510.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio discus Lea, 1838)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB/MOLL.305852 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 177), Rio Panuco, near Tampico.

Unio (Simonaias) championi Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 508, pl. 38, figs. 9-9a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_220174 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 260), Paso San Antonio, in the Pacific Coast Region, Guatemala.

Unio (Simonaias) proclinatus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 508.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_33793, Taco fl., Cuba.

Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus subventralis Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 506, pl. 36, figs. 1-1b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108852, Tabasco, Mexico.

Unio (Sphenonaias) tehuantepecensis var. copanensis Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 502, pl. 36, figs. 6-6a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tehuantepecensis Crosse & Fischer, 1894)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_220170 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 248), Copan, Honduras.

Unio aztecorum “forma” major Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 3-3b.
(homonym of Unio (Anodontes) sirionos var. major d’Orbigny, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB/MOLL_220172, Misantlla, Mexico.

Unio aztecorum var. chapalanus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504, pl. 36, fig. 5-5a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_9106, Lagune de Chapala, Mexico.

Unio calamitarum var. nephritica Martens, 1900
‘Crosse & Fischer’ of Authors.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 505.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 281.
(error for Unio calamitarum var. D nephretica Fischer & Crosse, 1894)

Unio sallei var. grossus Martens, 1900
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 517, pl. 34, figs. 2-2b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sallei Crosse & Fischer, 1894)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108850, Rio Salinas, Guatemala.

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