Taxa omitted from "Unionacea" by Fritz Haas, 1969

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by  Richard I Johnson

66 OCCASIONAL PAPERS ON MOLLUSKS
TAXA OMITTED FROM "UNIONACEA" BY FRITZ HAAS, 1969
Richard Johnson
I.
While searching for the type species ofArotonaias Martens 1900,
Kabat and Boss (1997: 104) noted that this generic name was not
included in the monumental compendium on the Unionacea by Haas
(1969) which was meant to be complete to that date. Haas based his
classification ofthe North and Central American species mostly on the
work of Frierson (1927), which was then the latest synthesis. He
inadvertently skipped over Arotonaias, which had appeared on the top
ofpage 92, and missed the three species listed under it, and, of course,
its type species, Unio cyrenoides Philippi 1847, selected by subsequent
designation (Frierson, 1927: 11). The missing taxa, with their
synonyms, which were also omitted, are listed below.
Arotonaias cyrenoides (Philippi, 1847)
Unio cyrenoides Philippi.
Unio sagrinatus Sowerby, 1868.
Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856.
Unio gabbianus Martens (non Lea) 1900, p. 498 pi. 39, figs. 5, 5a, 5b
Arotonaias imbricata (Morch. 1860)
Unio imbricatus Morch.
Unio encarpus Lea, 1868.
Arotonaias gabbiana (Lea, 1868)
Unio gabbianus Lea.
Unio nicaraguaensis Lea, 1868.
LITERATURE CITED
A
Frierson, L.S. 1927. classified and annotated check list ofthe North
American naiades. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press: pp. 1-
111, and "errata and corrigenda" sheet (January).
Haas, F. 1969. Superfamilia Unionacea. Das Tierreich, Lieferung 88:
&
pp. i-x + 1-663. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Co.
Kabat, A.R. and K.J. Boss. 1997. Karl Eduard von Martens (1831-
1904): His life and works. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Department
of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology: pp. i-vii + 1-417.
Martens, E. von. 1900 [in] 1890-1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana.
Land and freshwater Mollusca. 9: i-xxviii + 1-706, pis. 1-44.
Part 154: 481-496, pis. 29-32 (March); Part 158: 537-568, pis. 38,
39 (October).