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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Germainaia

species Germainaia geayi (Germain, 1911): synonymy

2 specimens

Synonymy

Unio (Nodularia) geayi Germain, 1911

Germain, 1911. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 137, pl. 1, figs. 1-2, 6-7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_1704 (by Graf & Cummings, 2009: [8]), Madagascar, Mission Geay hab.?

Unio (Nodularia) geayi — Germain (1911)
Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) geayi — Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (Caelatura [sic]) geayi — Germain (1918)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) geayi — Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) geayi — Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic (1973)
Coelatura geayi — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Germainaia geayi — Graf & Cummings (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (Nodularia) geayi — Germain (1911)
Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) geayi — Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (Caelatura [sic]) geayi — Germain (1918)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) geayi — Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) geayi — Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic (1973)
Coelatura geayi — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Germainaia geayi — Graf & Cummings (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021)