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Publication Germain (1908): summary

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Germain, L. 1908. Mollusques du lac Tanganyika et des ses environs. [in] E. Foa, Résultats scientifiques des voyages en Afrique d’Ed Foa: 612-702.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pliodon (Cameronia) giraudi mut. elongata Germain, 1908 = Pleiodon spekii

Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 694.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885; homonym of Pliodon elongatus Bourguignat, 1879)

Pliodon (Cameronia) lavigeriei Germain, 1908 = Pleiodon spekii

Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 694.
(error for Cameronia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886)

Burtonia livingstoni Germain, 1905 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1905. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 260.
Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 687.
(error for Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883)

Unio (Grandidieria) rostralis var. lutea Germain, 1908 = Grandidieria burtoni

Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 683.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rostralis Martens, 1897)

Cameronia marioni Germain, 1908 = Pleiodon spekii

‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 694.
(error for Cameronia marioniana ‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886)

Unio (Grandidieria) rostralis var. rosea Germain, 1908 = Grandidieria burtoni

Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 683.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rostralis Martens, 1897)

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