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Publication Germain (1907): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

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

Corbicula fischeri Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 68.

Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 67.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 569, fig. 96.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0245, Fleuve Faleme, Senegal.

Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907
‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 67.
‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 569.
(error for Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886)

Mutelina complanata var. abbreviata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 68.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Mutelina complanata var. curta Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 68.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 574.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina complanata Jousseaume, 1886)

Mutelina mabillei [sic] var. frasi Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 68.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886)

Spatha (Leptospatha) cryptoradiata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 562.
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 50.
(misidentified reference to Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898)

Spatha (Spatha) chaizei Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 571.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)

Spatha mabillei var. mamounensis Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 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 rubens var. chudeaui Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 67.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0213, Bassin du Chari, Le Mamoun pays de Senoussi.

Unio (Nodularia) bangoranensis Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 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. Nation. Hist. Natur. 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 hauttecoeuri var. ornata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 13: 305.
(homonym of Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1883)

 
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