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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Germain (1907): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationGermain, L. 1907. [in] Chevalier, L’Afrique Centrale Française. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesMutela chevalieri Germain, 1904
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. | |
Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907
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. | |
Mutelina joubini Germain, 1904
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. | |
Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907 ‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67. ‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 569. (error for Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886) | |
Mutelina complanata var. curta Germain, 1907 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 complanata var. elongata Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 573. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886) | |
Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 568. (homonym of Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821; intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835; new name for Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886) | |
Mutelina rostrata mode incurvata Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 568. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835; new name for Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886) | |
Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei Germain, 1904
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. | |
Spatha (Leptospatha) pfeifferi Germain, 1907 ‘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 decorsei var. persinuata Germain, 1907 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 mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907
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. | |
Spatha renei var. compressa Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 554. (homonym of Spatha compressa Martens, 1860; intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha renei Jousseaume, 1886) | |
Spatha rubens var. rotundata Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 552. (misidentified reference to Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897) | |
Sphaerium courteti var. marginata Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 584. | |
Sphaerium courteti var. marginatum Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 584. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904) | |
Sphaerium courteti var. unicolor Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 584. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904) | |
Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 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. | |
Unio (Nodularia) aequatoria Germain, 1907 Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 542. (homonym of Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885) | |
Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis Germain, 1907
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. | |
Unio (Nodularia) chivoti Germain, 1907
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. | |
Unio (Nodularia) lacoini Germain, 1906
Germain, 1905. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 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. Hist. Nat. 15: 541. Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0146, Lac Tchad, Kanassarom (Cote N.E.). | |
Unio (Nodularia) aequatoria var. minor Germain, 1907
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 Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 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) | |
Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. compressa Germain, 1907 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 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) | |
Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. ex-forma elongata Germain, 1907 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) | |
Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformis var. chariensis Germain, 1906
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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