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Publication Germain (1907): summary

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Full Citation

Germain, L. 1907. Contributions à la faune malacologique de l’Afrique équatoriale. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 13: 64-68. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mutelina complanata var. abbreviata Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 66.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 543, pl. 5, fig. 22.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0348, Rapides du Bas Gribingui.

Spatha (Spatha) chaizei Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia chaiziana

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 571.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)

Unio (Nodularia) chivoti Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 66.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 542, pl. 5, fig. 23.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0058, Le Mamoun, pays de Sénoussi.

Spatha rubens var. chudeaui Germain, 1907 = Chambardia rubens

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0213, Bassin du Chari, Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi.

There are 10 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).

Spatha (Leptospatha) cryptoradiata Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 562.
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 50.
(misidentified reference to Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898)

Mutelina complanata var. curta Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 574.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907 = Mutela dubia

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 569, fig. 96.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0245, Fleuve Faleme, Senegal.

Corbicula fischeri Germain, 1907 = Corbicula fluminalis

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.

Mutelina mabillei [sic] var. frasi Germain, 1907 = Mutela dubia

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886)

Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907 = Mutela mabilli

‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 569.
(error for Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886)

Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 556, fig. 92.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha mabillei Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0199, Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi.

Unio hauttecoeuri var. ornata Germain, 1907 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 305.
(homonym of Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1883)

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula fischeri nov. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Mutelina complanata Jousseaume = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutelina complanata variété curta nov. var. = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutelina falemeensis nov. sp. = Mutela dubia

Mutelina mabillei [sic] de Rochebrune = Mutela mabilli

Mutelina mabillei [sic] variété frasi nov. var. = Mutela dubia

Spatha mabillei Jousseaume = Aspatharia pangallensis

Spatha mabillei variété mamounensis nov. var. = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Spatha rubens de Lamarck = Chambardia rubens

Spatha rubens variété chudeaui nov. var. = Chambardia rubens

Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis nov. sp. = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio (Nodularia) chivoti nov. sp. = Coelatura aegyptiaca

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