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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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This page documents data for H.B. Baker (1930), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=296
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Publication information
Baker, H.B. 1930. The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Williamson Expedition in Venezuela. VI. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (210). 95 pp.
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Attributed Species Names
Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825, Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827, Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828, Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830, Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846, Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 596.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857, [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893, Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900, Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929, Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949, Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)
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Eupera gravis H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 56, pl. 31, figs. 1-6.
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Anodontites infossus H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 67, pls. 32-33, figs. E.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_112619, Caño Minapam, near Palma Sola, Venezuela.
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Pisidium bejumae H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 58, pl. 31, figs. 7-10 [as ‘bejumæ’].
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Anodontites aroanus H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 69, pls. 32-33, figs. D.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_112621, Caño Minapam, near Palma Sola, Venezuela.
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Tetraplodon stevensi H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 63, pl. 32-33, figs. B.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_125531A, Yuruari River, Venezuela.
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Polymesoda zulia H.B. Baker, 1930
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 61, pls. 32-33, figs. C, F.
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Taxonomic Opinions
Anodontites (Virgula) falsus (Simpson, 1900)
Anodontites aroanus new species
Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927
Anodontites infossus new species
Anodontites irisans Marshall, 1926
Anodontites pittieri Marshall, 1922
Anodontites tortilis (Lea, 1852)
+ Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858
Anodontites trapezialis [sic] Simpson, 1914
Corbicula (Neocorbicula) cuneata (Jonas, 1844)
Eupera bahiensis (”Spix” Wagner, 1827)
+ Cyclas?? tumida Clessin, 1879
Eupera gravis new species
Eupera insignis Pilsbry, 1925
Eupera moquiniana (Bourguignat, 1854)
+ Cyclas modioliformis Anton, 1837
+ Cyclas (Pisidium) diaphanum Haldeman, 1841
+ Cyclas littoralis Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas striatella Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas venezuelensis Prime, 1865
Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)
+ Cyclas bahiensis Martens, 1873
Monocondylaea tamsiana Dunker, 1858
+ Monocondylaea tamsana Simpson, 1900
Mycetopoda pittieri Marshall, 1927
Pisidium bejumae new species
Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)
Polymesoda aequilatera (Desh.)
Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854)
Polymesoda mexicana (Brod. & Swby.)
Polymesoda zulia new species
Prisodon syrmatophorus (Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781)
Tetraplodon stevensi new species
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