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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela franci Daget, 1964: synonymy

8 specimens

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Mutela franci Daget, 1964

‘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.

Mutela franci — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Mutela carrei Franc, 1949

‘Putzeys’ Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 181, figs. 9, 11.
(misidentified reference to Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898)

Mutela franci — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela carrei — Franc (1949)
Mutela franci — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

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