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Publication Germain (1904): summary

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Germain, L. 1904. Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des environs d’Angers et du département de Maine-et-Loire. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l’Ouest de la France 4 (2nd series). 123 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Hollandriana Germain, 1904

‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 278.
(error for Holandriana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio holandrei Locard, 1882 = Unio mancus

Rayiana Germain, 1904

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 284.
(error for Rayana Servain, 1890)
Type species: Pseudanodonta rayi Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Rossmassleriana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 31.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 331.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 40.
Fagot, 1893. Bull. Soc. Ramond 28: 258.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 35 [67].
Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
(error for Rossmaessleriana Bourguignat, 1881)
Type species: Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843 = Anodonta anatina

Spondeana Germain, 1904

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 299 [61].
(error for Spondaeana Locard, 1890)
Type species: Anodonta spondea Locard, 1890 = Anodonta anatina

Vincelotiana Germain, 1904

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 276 [38].
(new name for Vinceleusiana Locard, 1889)
Type species: Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859 = Unio tumidus

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta barboraeca Locard, 1890 = Anodonta anatina

‘Servain’ of Authors.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 92 [48] [as ‘barboræca’].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 261.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 300 [62].
(error for Anodonta borboraeca Locard, 1882)

Unio besnardi Germain, 1904 = Unio crassus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 261 [23].
(new name for Unio besnardianus Locard, 1889)

Unio brevieri Locard, 1882 = Unio crassus

‘Bourguignat in Locard’ of Authors.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 286.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 265.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 732.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 130.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 49.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio brevierei Locard, 1882)

Anodonta blaca var. breviuscula Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 307 [69].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta blaca Locard, 1890)

Unio carynthiacus Lea, 1836 = Unio nanus

‘Zeigler’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 33.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
J.F. Schmidt, 1840. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 13: 435.
C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 47.
Schröder, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 229.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 141 [35].
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 264.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 728.
(error for Unio carinthiacus Rossmässler, 1836)

There are 27 available nominal species attributed to this publication (45 total).

Anodonta chivoti Germain, 1904 = Anodonta cygnea

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 325 [87].

Anodonta doei var. compressa Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 293 [55].
(homonym of Anodonta ponderosa var. compressa Garnier, 1840; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta doei Bourguignat, 1881)

Unio courtilieri Locard, 1889 = Unio crassus

‘Hattemann’ of Authors.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 132 [26].
‘Hattemann’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 256 [18].
‘Hattmann’ Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 724, 727.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2024. MPE 195: suppl. append. 2, p. 3.
(error for Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859)

Unio vinceloti var. cuneiformis Germain, 1904 = Unio tumidus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 276 [38], pl. 2, fig. 37.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio vinceloti Germain, 1904)

Anodonta cygnaea Poiret, 1801 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Linnaeus’ of Authors.
Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 109 [’Anodontites cygnæa’].
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 189 [as ‘cygnæa’].
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 601.
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 140.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 269.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 89.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 70 [26].
Baichère, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 126.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 39.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 234.
Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 267.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 289.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 752.
‘Linnaeus’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 19.
Dhora, 2009. Arch. Biol. Sci. Belgrade 61(3): 547.
(error for Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta elodea Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

‘Péchaud’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 311 [74].
‘Péchaud’ Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 757.
(error for Anodonta elodaea Péchaud, 1884)

Anodonta cariosula elongata Germain, 1904 = Anodonta cygnea

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 291 [53].
(homonym of Anodonta elongata Holandre, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cariosula Locard, 1890)

Anodonta germanica var. subcompressa sous-var. elongata Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 304 [66]. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta germanica var. subcompressa Germain, 1904)

Anodonta francfurti Locard, 1890 = Anodonta anatina

‘Servain’ of Authors.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 127 [83].
Martens, 1891. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 23(1-2): 24.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 323.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 759.
(error for Anodonta frankfurti Servain, 1882)

Unio hattemanni Germain, 1904 = Unio crassus

‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 265 [27].
(error for Unio hattemani Locard, 1889)

Unio hollandrei Locard, 1889 = Unio mancus

‘de Saulcy’ of Authors.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 167 [61].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 201.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 278.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 736.
Prie, 2012. MalaCo 8: 431.
(error for Unio holandrei Locard, 1882)

Pseudanodonta pechaudi var. inflata Germain, 1904 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 282.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pseudanodonta pechaudi Locard, 1890)

Anodonta burgundina var. inflata Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 313 [75].
(homonym of Anodonta inflata Rafinesque, 1831; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta burgundina Locard, 1890)

Anodonta joannisi Germain, 1904 = Anodonta cygnea

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 288 [50], footnote.

Anodonta mabillei Locard, 1882 = Anodonta anatina

‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 273.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 86 [42].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 254.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 298, footnote.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 761.
(error for Anodonta mabilli Bourguignat, 1881)

Unio tumens var. major Germain, 1904 = Unio pictorum

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 277 [39].
(homonym of Unio (Anodontes) sirionos var. major d’Orbigny, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pictorum var. tumens de Joannis, 1859)

Unio mauduyti Germain, 1897 = Potomida littoralis

Germain, 1897. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Rouen 33: 72.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 254 [16].
(new name for Unio rotundatus Mauduyt, 1839)

Unio triffoiricus var. mayennensis Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 279 [41], pl. 2, fig. 38.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio triffoiricus Locard, 1889)

Unio meretrecis Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 267, footnote.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 737.
Prie, 2012. MalaCo 8: 432.
(error for Unio meretricis Locard, 1882)

Anodonta sedentaria var. minor Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 320 [82].
(homonym of Anodonta cygnaea var. minor de Joannis, 1859; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta sedentaria Bourguignat, 1881)

Unio amblyus var. nigerrimus Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 266 [28].
(homonym of Unio nigerrimus Lea, 1852; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio amblyus Locard, 1889)

Unio joannisi var. nigra Germain, 1904 = Unio pictorum

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 274 [36].
(homonym of Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio joannisi Locard, 1882)

Anodonta peleca Locard, 1890 = Anodonta anatina

‘Servain in Locard’ of Authors.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 128 [84].
Martens, 1891. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 23(1-2): 24.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 309.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 324.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 758.
(error for Anodonta pelaeca Locard, 1882)

Unio batavellus var. perconvexus Germain, 1904 = Unio crassus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 260 [22].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio batavellus Locard, 1885)

Unio pleibeius Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

‘Drouet’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 273 [35].
(error for Unio plebeius Drouët, 1888)

Unio batavus var. radiata Germain, 1904 = Unio crassus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 257 [19].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807; homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta rossmassleri Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 305 [67].
(new name for Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843)

Unio gestroianus var. rubiginosus Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 271 [33].
(homonym of Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio gestroianus Locard, 1882)

Unio saintsimoni Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

‘Fagot’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 270 [32] [as ‘saint-simoni’].
(new name for Unio saintsimonianus Locard, 1882)

Anodonta soubieuri Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 314 [76].
(error for Anodonta sourbieui Baichère, 1890)

Unio souzanus Locard, 1893 = Unio delphinus

‘Castro’ of Authors.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 197.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 275 [37].
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 737.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 126.
(error for Unio sousanus Locard, 1889)

Anodonta germanica var. subcompressa Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 303 [65], pl. 1, fig. 16-17.
( Anodonta variabilis subcompressa Moquin-Tandon, 1855; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta germanica Servain, 1888)

Unio subniger Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 269 [31], footnote.
(homonym of Unio subniger Lea, 1857)

Unio ligericus var. subsinuatus Germain, 1904 = Unio crassus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 259 [21].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ligericus Locard, 1882)

Anodonta doei var. tenuis Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 293 [55].
(homonym of Anodonta tenuis Lea, 1851; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta doei Bourguignat, 1881)

Unio vinceloti Germain, 1904 = Unio tumidus

‘de Joannis’ Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 276 [38].
(new name for Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859)

Unio pornae var. viridis Germain, 1904 = Unio mancus

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 272 [34].
(homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pornae Locard, 1882)

Anodonta fragilissima var. viridis Germain, 1904 = Anodonta cygnea

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 289.
(homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridis Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis fragilissima Clessin, 1876)

Anodonta sedentaria var. viridis Germain, 1904 = Anodonta anatina

Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 320 [82].
(homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridis Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta sedentaria Bourguignat, 1881)

Unio visurgicus Locard, 1889 = Unio crassus

‘Servain’ of Authors.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 141 [35].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 173.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 262.
(error for Unio visurgisinus Servain, 1888)

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