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Publication Germain (1909): summary

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Germain, L. 1909. Recherches sur la faune malacologique de L’Afrique Équatoriale. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et général 1 (5th series): 1-195. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Brazzea Germain, 1909

Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 51, 54, 57.
(error for Brazzaea Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 = Brazzaea anceyi

Serratisphoerium Germain, 1909

Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 114.
Type species: Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Attributed Nominal Species

Spatha carneola Germain, 1909 = Aspatharia ganciniensis

‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 55.
(error for Spatha corneola Rochebrune, 1886)

Pliodon ovatus var. compressa Germain, 1909 = Pleiodon ovatus

Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 44, footnote.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823)

Spatha marmoi Germain, 1909 = Aspatharia marnoi

Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 55.
(error for Spatha marnoi Jickeli, 1874)

Arthropteron ouassoulouensis Germain, 1909 = Chambardia rubens

Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 52, fig. 44.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Spatha pfeifferi Germain, 1909 = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

‘Bernardi’ Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 56.
(error for Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860)

image of type lot

Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908 = Mutela legumen

specimen image from publicationGermain, 1908. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 14: 161, figs. 31, 33.
Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 4-34, figs. 1, 4, 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0293, bord du fleuve Congo, Brazzaville.

 
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