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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Mutela franci Daget, 1964: synonymy
     8 specimens

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 franciVan 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.

Mutela franciMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

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

 
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