original description
(of Unio malgachensis Germain, 1911) Germain, L. (1911). Les Unionidæ de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 136-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34198167#page/156/mode/1up
page(s): 139, pl. 1, figs 3-5. [details]
basis of record
Daget J. (1998). <i>Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains</i>. 329 pp. Leiden: Backhuys / Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM. , available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-12/010016420.pdf
page(s): 62 [details]
status source
Graf, D.L. & Cummings, K.S. (2009). Actual and alleged freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) from Madagascar and the Mascarenes, with description of a new genus, Germainaia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phladelphia 158: 221–238.</em>
page(s): 227 [details]
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