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Publication Germain (1908): summary

Full Citation

Germain, L. 1908. Contributions à la faune Malacologique de l’Afrique équatoriale, XV Sur un noveau Chelidonopsis du Congo. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 14: 160-163. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Chelidoneura Simpson, 1900

‘Rochebrune’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 906 [corrected on the errata sheet].
Germain, 1908. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 14: 160, footnote.
(error for Chelidonura Rochebrune, 1886)
Type species: Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881 = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Attributed Nominal Species

Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908 = Mutela legumen

specimen image from publication Germain, 1908. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 14: 161, figs. 31, 33.
Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 4-34, figs. 1, 4, 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0293, bord du fleuve Congo, Brazzaville.

Taxonomic Opinions

Chelidonopsis arietina (Rochebrune, 1886) = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, nov. sp. = Mutela legumen

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