Publication Graf & Cummings (2009): summary

Full Citation

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2009. Actual and alleged freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) from Madagascar and the Mascarenes, with description of a new genus, Germainaia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158: 221-238. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Germainaia Graf & Cummings, 2009

Graf & Cummings, 2009. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 158: 225.
Type species: Unio (Nodularia) geayi Germain, 1911 (orig. desig.) = Germainaia geayi

Taxonomic Opinions

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

+ Nodularia (Cælatura) cariei Germain, 1919

+ Nodularia carieri Barré et al., 1982

specimen image from publication Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)

specimen image from publication Diplodon fluctiger (Lea, 1859)

specimen image from publication Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807

+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807

+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807

specimen image from publication Germainaia geayi (Germain, 1911)

specimen image from publication Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819)

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

+ Unio sinuata Sganzin, 1841

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

+ Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819

Simpsonella purpurea (Valenciennes, 1821) = Simpsonella burroughiana

+ Unio mauritianus Lea, 1859

+ Unio verecundus Gould, 1850