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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Germain (1907): summary
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Complete Citation

Germain, L. 1907. Contributions à la faune malacologique de l’Afrique équatoriale. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 13: 64-68. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 10 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula fischeri nov. sp. = Corbicula fluminalis

Mutelina complanata Jousseaume = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutelina complanata variété curta nov. var. = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutelina falemeensis nov. sp. = Mutela dubia

Mutelina mabillei [sic] de Rochebrune = Mutela mabilli

Mutelina mabillei [sic] variété frasi nov. var. = Mutela dubia

Spatha mabillei Jousseaume = Aspatharia pangallensis

Spatha mabillei variété mamounensis nov. var. = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Spatha rubens de Lamarck = Chambardia rubens

Spatha rubens variété chudeaui nov. var. = Chambardia rubens

Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis nov. sp. = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio (Nodularia) chivoti nov. sp. = Coelatura aegyptiaca