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Publication Germain (1911): summary
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Complete Citation

Germain, L. 1911. Etude sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis au cours de la mission de délimitation du Niger-Tchad (Mission Tilho). Documents scientifiques Mission Tilho 2: 165-247, 4 pls.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mutela moineti Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 27.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 211, footnote, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0287, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Spatha (Leptospatha) cryptoradiata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 562.
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 50.

Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. ventricosa Germain, 1911
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 49. [nomen nudum]

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