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 Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela species Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988: synonymy13 specimens
 | Mutela mabilli Connolly, 1931‘Rochebrune’  of Authors.
 Connolly, 1931. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 29: 324.
 Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 146.
 
 Mutela mabilli — Connolly (1939)
 Mutela zambesiensis — Graf & Cummings (2006)
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 | Mutela dubia Appleton, 1979‘Gmelin’  of Authors.
 Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 161.
 Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
 Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
 
 Mutela mabilli — Daget (1998)
 Mutela zambesiensis — Graf & Cummings (2006)
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 | Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988
  Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 85, figs. 81-82. Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN, Zambezi River, between Kariba and Chirundu.
 
 Mutela zambesiensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
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 Taxonomic History (since 1900)Mutela mabilli — Connolly (1939), Daget (1998)Mutela zambesiensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
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