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Publication Germain (1906): summary
Full Citation
Germain, L. 1906. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 12: 52-. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906 = Mutela dubia
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 57, fig. 2.
Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli Germain, 1906 = Mutela dubia
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 58, Abb. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0225, Lac Tchad.
Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906 = Nitia mutelaeformis
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 60, footnote. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 236.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 540, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0074, Mamoun pays le Senoussi.
Mutela angustata var. ponderosa Germain, 1906 = Mutela dubia
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 56, Abb. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0292, Lac Chad.
Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906 = Mutela dubia
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 60, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0301, Lac Tchad.
