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Publication Germain (1904): summary

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Germain, L. 1904. Note préliminaire sur Mollusques recueillis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le Bassin du Chari. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 10: 466-471. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Fischeria centralis Germain, 1904 = Profischeria centralis

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 471.

Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904 = Mutela dubia

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 469.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 566, lithograph, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0203, Haut Oubangui.

Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 471.

Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 469.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 557, pl. lith. fig. 5.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0309, Territore de Chari, Mamoun, pays de Senoussi.

Mutelina joubini Germain, 1904 = Mutela joubini

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 470.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 572, pl., fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0240, Haut Oubangui.

Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 469.
(homonym of Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904; renamed Spatha decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0202, Territoire du Chari, Mamoun.

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