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Publication Haas (1936): taxonomic opinions
     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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Afroparreysia lobensis (Frierson, 1913) = Coelatura lobensis

Afroparreysia nyangensis (Frierson, 1913) = Coelatura lobensis

Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia chaiziana

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) dautzenbergi n. sp. = Chambardia flava

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni bourguignati (Ancey) = Chambardia bourguignati
+ Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889
+ Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni guillaini (Récluz, 1850) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni haasi (Pilsbry, 1923) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Aspatharia marnoi
+ Spatha marnoi Jickeli, 1874

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) hartmanni hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) petersi (von Martens, 1860) = Chambardia petersi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi baumanni (Sturany in Baumann, 1894) = Chambardia bourguignati

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi tabula (Sowerby, 1867) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi
+ Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) = Chambardia welwitschii

Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio (Grandidieria) burtoni var. sturanyi Martens, 1897
+ Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria insignis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria locardiana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio rostralis Martens, 1897
+ Grandidieria hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
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Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio tanganyicensis var. exalbida Preston, 1913
+ Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria rhynchonella Bourguignat, 1888

Caelatura [sic] (Kalliphenga) ruellani (Bourguignat, 1883) = Coelatura alluaudi
+ Unio ruellani var. bayoni Germain, 1909
+ Unio multicolor Martens, 1897
+ Unio (Parreysia) alluaudi Dautzenberg, 1908

Caelatura [sic] (Kalliphenga) ruellani (Bourguignat, 1883) = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Caelatura [sic] (Kistinaia) schoutedeni n. sp. = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura stagnorum
+ Unio stagnorum Dautzenberg, 1890
+ Caelatura (Laevirostris) stagnorum bomae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Caelatura (Laevirostris?) rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura disciformis

Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901) = Coelatura briarti
+ Unio eduardi Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914

Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis

Caelatura [sic] (Rhytidonaia) graueri Haas, 1927 = Coelatura leopoldvillensis

Caelatura [sic] (Rhytidonaia) leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898) = Coelatura leopoldvillensis

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio euryssellinus Pallary, 1903
+ Nodularia (Cælatura) gaillardoti Pallary, 1909
+ Pharaonia misraimica Servain, 1890
+ Unio mysticus Pallary, 1903
+ Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848
+ Nodularia parreyssi var. elongata Longstaff, 1914
+ Nodularia parreyssi var. obliqua Longstaff, 1914
+ Nodularia (Cælatura) parreyssi var. pruneri Pallary, 1909
+ Unio sennariensis [sic] var. schweinfurthi Martens, 1873
+ Unio rugifer Küster, 1856
+ Unio sennaariensis Küster, 1862
+ Nodularia (Caelatura) sobaensis Preston, 1914
+ Unio eucyphus Bourguignat, 1857

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) bakeri (Adams, H., 1866) = Coelatura bakeri

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) choziensis bangweolica n. subsp. = Coelatura choziensis

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) choziensis choziensis (Preston, 1910) = Coelatura choziensis

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) choziensis luapulaensis (Preston, 1913) = Coelatura luapulaensis

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hauttecoeuri emini (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hauttecoeuri hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883) = Coelatura hauttecoeuri
+ Unio edwardsianus Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio grantianus Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio duponti Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio postumus Rochebrune, 1904
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. elongata Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. intermedia Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. curta Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. globosa Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. subcompressa Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. compressa Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. lutescens Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. castanea Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. fusca Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. nigra Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. viridis Germain, 1906
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Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) = Coelatura horei
+ Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio dromauxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio guillemeti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio josseti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio lavigerianus Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio menardi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio vinckei Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio visseri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897
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Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hypsiprimna [sic] borellii (Ancey, 1894) = Coelatura mossambicensis
+ Unio angoniensis Preston, 1910

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hypsiprimna hypsiprimna [sic] (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura hypsiprymna

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) introrugata (Connolly, 1931) = Coelatura alluaudi

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906) = Coelatura rothschildi

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura stuhlmanni
+ Unio ngesianus Martens, 1897
+ Parreysia regis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura bakeri

Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) aequatoria (Morelet, 1885) = Coelatura gabonensis
+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891

Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura disciformis
+ Unio (Nodularia) roubaudi Germain, 1907
+ Zairia disciformis Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia poirieri Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia sordida Rochebrune, 1886
+ Caelatura (s.s.) stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912

Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura stanleyvillensis

Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura gabonensis

Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) essoënsis (Chaper, 1885) = Coelatura essoensis

Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) gabunensis [sic] (Küster, 1862) = Coelatura gabonensis

Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) = Unio caffer

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Indonaia kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905
+ Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920
+ Nodularia croninae Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925

Indonaia kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) = Coelatura kunenensis

Indonaia liederi (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura mossambicensis

Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) = Coelatura mossambicensis
+ Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894
+ Unio lechaptoisi var. minor Martens, 1897
+ Unio shireensis Preston, 1910

Indonaia ratidota (Charmes, 1885) = Coelatura ratidota
+ Unio dumesnilianus Charmes, 1885
+ Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885
+ Unio euphymus Charmes, 1885
+ Unio ledoulxianus Charmes, 1885
+ Unio ambifarius Martens, 1897

Mesafra mesafricana mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) = Coelatura mesafricana

Mesafra mesafricana stappersi n. subsp. = Coelatura mesafricana

Mutela hargeri schomburgki n. subsp. = Mutela hargeri

Mutela nilotica mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886) = Mutela mabilli

Nitia acuminata (Adams, H., 1866)

Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Nitia gaillardi (Germain, 1909) = Pilsbryoconcha carinifera

Nitia monceti (Bourguignat, 1883)
+ Unio monceti var. rubra Germain, 1906
+ Unio lourdeli Bourguignat, 1887
+ Unio lourdeli var. smithi Germain, 1906

Nitia mutelaeformis (Germain, 1906)
+ Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformis var. chariensis Germain, 1906

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)
+ Margarita (Unio) cailliaudii Lea, 1836
+ Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847
+ Nodularia teretiuscula var. pallaryi Longstaff, 1914
+ Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) jickeli Simpson, 1900
+ Unio fourtaui Pallary, 1903

Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)
+ Unio kirkii Lea, 1864
+ Unio aferula Lea, 1864
+ Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889
+ Unio (Nodularia) caesariana Preston, 1913
+ Unio nyassanus [sic] var. hercules Preston, 1913

Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881)
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881

Unio abyssinicus von Martens, 1866
+ Unio willcocksi Newton, 1899
+ Unio vignardi Pallary, 1924
+ Unio schweinfurthi Martens, 1886
+ Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Unio dembeae Sowerby, 1865
+ Unio aeneus Jickeli, 1874
+ Unio jickelii Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio hamyanus Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio ilqi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio meneliki Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio traversii Pollonera, 1888
+ Unio (Nodularia) erlangeri Kobelt, 1910