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

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Publication Germain (1925): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Germain, L. 1925. Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles 4(3): 199-238.

Attributed Nominal Species

Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925
Germain, 1925. Miss. Rohan-Chabot 4(3): 221, text figs. 3-5.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0101_01, Luaukondo [Luankundu River], Angloa.

Unio (Nodularia) koehleri Germain, 1909
Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 15: 541, pl. 8, figs. 43-44, 47 [as ‘kœhleri’].
Germain, 1925. Miss. Rohan-Chabot 4(3): 223, figs. 6-8.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0138, Guinee Francaise.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria [sic] elliptica (Lamarck, 1807) = Etheria elliptica
+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824

Nodularia koehleri (Germain, 1909) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Nodularia kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) = Coelatura kunenensis

Nodularia rohani Germain nov. sp. = Coelatura kunenensis

Spatha (Aspatharia) corrugata Dautzenberg, 1893 = Aspatharia rugifera

Spatha (Aspatharia) kamerunensis Walker, 1910 = Aspatharia rugifera

Spatha (Aspatharia) semicorrugata Preston, 1909 = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignoni [sic] (Bernardi, 1859) = Aspatharia rugifera
+ Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888
+ Margaritana vignoniana Paetel, 1890
+ Anodonta vignonana Musgrave, 1863
+ Anodonta rugifera Dunker, 1858

 
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