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Publication Germain (1897): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Germain, L. 1897. Sur deux Unio connus sous le nom de rotundatus. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen 33 (4th serie): 70-73. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio mauduyti Germain, 1897
Germain, 1897. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Rouen 33: 72.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 254 [16].
(new name for Unio rotundatus Mauduyt, 1839)

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio rotundatus Lamarck = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834

Unio (Simonisiana) mauduyti Germain = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio rotundatus Mauduyt, 1839
+ Unio batavus Moquin-Tandon, 1855

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