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Publication Germain (1906): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Germain, L. 1906. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 12: 166-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mutela angustata var. curta Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0197, Lac Tchad.

Spatha bourguignati Germain, 1906
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174.
Kobelt, 1911. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 1911: 58.
Lévèque, 1974. Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Sér. Hydrobiol. 8: 1009, pl. 2, figs. 5-8.
(misidentified reference to Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)

Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900)

Spatha bourguignati var. major Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886; homonym of Spatha (Leptospatha) lacustris var. major Germain, 1906)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0255, Sudan Francais.

Spatha chaiziana var. compressa Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 173.
Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 240.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835; homonym of Spatha compressa Martens, 1860)

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)

 
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