MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
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freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela franci
nominal species Mutela franci Daget, 1964
Mutela franci Daget, 1964 = Mutela franci
‘Putzeys’ Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 181, figs. 9, 11 [as ‘Mutela carrei’].
Daget, 1964. J. de Conch. 104: 10, figs. 8-10c.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0250, Zone d’inondation du Moyen-Niger.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Mutela franci Daget, 1964 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 27.
= Mutela franci Daget, 1964 — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.
= Mutela franci Daget, 1964 — IUCN, 2010: [web].
= Mutela franci Daget, 1964 — Bogan, 2010: [21].
= Mutela franci Daget, 1964 — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 314.
= Mutela franci Daget, 1964 — Daget, 1998: 143.
= Mutela franci Daget, 1964 — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 79, fig. 57.
= Mutela franci (Daget, 1964) — Van Damme, 1984: 74, fig. 104.
