original description
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): 137, pl. 1, figs. 1-2, 6-7 [details]
basis of record
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): 226 [details]
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Type designation lectotype designated [details]
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