Publication Germain (1907): summary

Full Citation

Germain, L. 1907. [in] Chevalier, L’Afrique Centrale Française. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio (Nodularia) aequatoria Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 542.
(homonym of Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885)

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Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

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

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Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformis var. chariensis Germain, 1906 = Nitia mutelaeformis

Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 236.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 541.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MNHN_MP_0074, Mamoun pays le Senoussi.

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Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904 = Mutela dubia

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

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Unio (Nodularia) chivoti Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

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

There are 9 available nominal species attributed to this publication (28 total).

Spatha renei var. compressa Germain, 1907 = Chambardia rubens

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 554.
(homonym of Spatha compressa Martens, 1860; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886)

Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. compressa Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 545. [infra-subsp.]
(homonym of Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nodularia) lacoini Germain, 1906)

Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. ex-forma curta Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 545. [infra-subsp.]
(homonym of Unio curtus Lea, 1859; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nodularia) lacoini Germain, 1906)

Mutelina complanata var. curta Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

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

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Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1904. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 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 complanata var. elongata Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 573.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. ex-forma elongata Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 545. [infra-subsp.]
(homonym of Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nodularia) lacoini Germain, 1906)

Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907 = Mutela legumen

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 568.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835; new name for Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886; homonym of Iridina elongata G.B. Sowerby, 1821)

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Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907 = Mutela dubia

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

Mutelina rostrata mode incurvata Germain, 1907 = Mutela legumen

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 568.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835; new name for Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886)

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Mutelina joubini Germain, 1904 = Mutela joubini

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

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Unio (Nodularia) lacoini Germain, 1906 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1905. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 11: 489. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 237, pl. 4, figs. 11-12.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 545, footnote.
Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 15: 541.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0146, Lac Tchad, Kanassarom (Cote N.E.).

Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907 = Mutela mabilli

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

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Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 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.

Sphaerium courteti var. marginatum Germain, 1907 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 584.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904)

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Unio (Nodularia) aequatoria var. minor Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 542.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nodularia) aequatoria Germain, 1907)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0125, Mamoun.

Unio (Nodularia) essoensis var. minor Germain, 1906 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 172.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 546.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio essoensis Chaper, 1885)

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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.

Spatha decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 558, fig. 93.
(new name for Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904)

Spatha (Leptospatha) pfeifferi ‘Bernardi’ of Authors = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
‘Bernardi’ Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 560.
‘Bernardi’ Lévèque, 1974. Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Sér. Hydrobiol. 8: 110.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860; error for Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860)

Spatha rubens var. rotundata Germain, 1907 = Chambardia rubens

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 552.
(misidentified reference to Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897)

Sphaerium courteti var. unicolor Germain, 1907 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 584.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria [sic] elliptica de Lamarck, 1807 = Etheria elliptica

+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807

+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807

+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807

+ Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824

+ Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824

+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824

+ Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825

+ Etheria carteroni Michelin, 1830

+ Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880

+ Aetheria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880

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Unio (Grandidieria) tsadianus von Martens, 1903 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio (Nodularia) aequatoria Morelet, 1885 = Coelatura gabonensis

+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891

Unio (Nodularia) aequatoria variété minor Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis Germain, 1907 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

There are 27 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.