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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Germain (1906): summary
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Complete Citation

Germain, L. 1906. Contributions à la Faune malacologique de l’Afrique équatorial. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 12: 577-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula astartinella Germain, 1906
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 584.

Corbicula cameroni Germain, 1906
‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 583, fig. 18d.
Type(s): TYPES MNHN_MP_3384, Bagamois.

Corbicula giraudi Germain, 1906
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 584.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3530, Karunga.

Corbicula jouberti Germain, 1906
“Bourguignat” Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 584, fig. 18c.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3528, Lac Tanganika à Kibanga.

Corbicula kynganica Germain, 1906
“Bourguignat” Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 582, fig. 18a.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3524, fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo.

Corbicula lavigeriana Germain, 1906
“Bourguignat” Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 583, fig. 18b.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3522, Ugoi.

Corbicula subtruncata Germain, 1906
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190 [as ‘Corbicula subtruncatula’]. [nomen nudum]
“Bourguignat” Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 582, fig. 17c.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3544, fleuve Kingani.

Corbicula astartina var. minor Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 595.

Corbicula consobrina var. lavigeriei Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 584.

 
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