Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela
26 available nominal species synonyms (36 total synonyms)
Mutela dubia — Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), ... Wu et al. (2024), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Mutela dubia dubia — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Mutela dubia garambae — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia emini — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile. (Afrotropics: AF1 AF2 AF3)


MNHN_MP_0280
Bahr Yousef, Egypte
syntypes
Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823

MNHN_MP_0203
Haut Oubangui
syntype
Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904

MNHN_MP_0197
Lac Tchad
syntypes
Mutela curta Germain, 1906

ZMB_108807
Kassenye, Albert Nyanza
types
Mutela emini Martens, 1897

ZMB_108808
Undussuma, ... Albert Nyansa
type
Mutela emini Martens, 1897

AMNH_72067
Middle Garambe River, Belgian Congo (Zaire), Africa
holotype
Mutela garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

AMNH_72066
Aba River, Africa
holotype
Mutela praetenuis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

MNHN_MP_0245
Fleuve Faleme, Senegal
syntype
Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907

BMNH_46-7-24-18
Syene, Egypt
holotype
Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868

MNHN_MP_0238
Lac Tchad
syntype
Pliodon molli Germain, 1906

MNHN_MP_0225
Lac Tchad
syntype
Pliodon molli Germain, 1906

MNHN_MP_0301
Lac Tchad
syntype
Pliodon tchadiensis Germain, 1906

ANSP_134051
Garamba River, Belgian Congo
paratype
Mutela garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

MRAC_58443
Garamba
paratype
Mutela garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

MNHN_MP_0292
Lac Chad
syntypes
Mutela ponderosa Germain, 1906

MRAC_799163
Ghana: lac Volta, Zikpo
paratype
Mutela voltae Odei, 1974

MRAC_799164
Ghana: lac Volta, Zikpo
paratype
Mutela voltae Odei, 1974

MRAC_799165
Ghana: lac Volta, Kabutey
paratype
Mutela voltae Odei, 1974

MRAC_799166
Ghana: lac Volta, Agogovi Kope
paratype
Mutela voltae Odei, 1974

UMMZ_111999
Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt
type
Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924
BMNH_46-7-24-19. Syene, Egypt — manuscript name Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868

MNHN_MP_0607
Dahomey, cercle de Zagnanado, sur les rivieres du Bas Oueme a Dogba

MNHN_MP_0606
Dahomey: Cercle de Zagnanado sur les rives du bas Ouémé à [Asuandjitomé]

MNHN_MP_0583
Kotonou

MNHN_MP_0585
Kotonou

IRSNB_MP_0423
Lagune de Kotomou

IRSNB_MP_0425
Lagune de Kotomou

MNHN_MP_0592
pres Zagnanado, Dahomey

MNHN_MP_0602
Zananado, bords de l’Oueme, Dahomey

MNHN_MP_0542
affluent de la Kémo at de la Comi (trib Oubangi - Congo)

MNHN_MP_0589
Mamoun (Chari)

MNHN_MP_0624
Baga Sola, Lac Tchad

UMMZ_248788
Chari River, sand bar in river, at J’D’jamena, Republic of Chad

MNHN_MP_0593
Fort Lamy, Chari

MNHN_MP_0632
Fort Lamy, lac Tchad, dans le Chari

MNHN_MP_0613
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0614
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0615
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0617
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0618
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0619
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0620
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0622
Lac Tchad

MNHN_MP_0612_01
Lac Tchad (Bol)

MNHN_MP_0616
Lac Tchad (nord)

MNHN_MP_0611
Lac Tchad, Baga Sola

MNHN_MP_0628
Lac Tchad, Baga Sola

MRAC_798073
Lac Tchad: Fort Lamy

IRSNB_MP_0529
Lac Tchad...

BMNH_1932-2-8-64-67
Lake Chad

BMNH_1923-3-6-15
Lake Chad, Sudan

MNHN_MP_0626
Le Bas Chari

MNHN_MP_0625
Mayo Kebi près e Lére (Tchad)

SMF_12248_01
Muse Elu (Lere See), Benue Gebiet

MNHN_MP_0608
Parc National de Zakouma, Tchad

MNHN_MP_0631
Samia (lac Tchad)

MNHN_MP_0579
L’Oubangui

MNHN_MP_0749
Oubanghi (bas)

ZMB_112993
Albert See, Kassenji

IRSNB_MP_0696
Kasenga Luapula, Congo Belge

ZMB_MP_0392
Kassenge, SW Albert Nyansa

MRAC_58440
Lac Albert Kasenyi

MRAC_483032
Lac Albert Kasenyi

MRAC_59259
Lac Albert Mahagi

MRAC_58931
Lac Albert Mahagi Port

MRAC_58433
Lac Albert Mahagi Port

MRAC_58436
Lac Albert Mahagi Port

IRSNB_MP_0706
Lac Edouard Isango, Congo Belge

MCZ_41064
Lake Albert, Mahagi, Belgian Congo

MCZ_172816
Lake Edward, Ishango, Belgian Congo

MCZ_171875
Lake Edward, N shore, Kasindi, Belgian Congo

IRSNB_MP_0679
Nsendwe, Congo Belge

IRSNB_MP_0726
Nsendwe, Congo Belge [This doesn’t look like anything from the Congo]

IRSNB_MP_0680
Nsendwe, Haut-Lualaba, Congo Belge

ANSP_133858
W shore of L. Albert

MNHN_MP_0597
Côte d’Ivoire, river Bagoe pres de Kouto, (bassin de Niger)

USNM_126439
[Nile R.], Nubia, Africa

SMF_319215
Abu Simbel, shore of Lake Nassar, Aegypten

IRSNB_MP_0389
Alexandrie

BMNH_MP_211
Bahr el Faraomijeh

ZMB_35201
Bahr el Jussuf

SMF_12256
Bahr el Karum, bei El Fayum, U. Eg.

IRSNB_MP_0375
Canal Ismaileh (eau douce) a Ismailia

UMMZ_111984
Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt

IRSNB_MP_0642
Canal Mahmoudieh, Egypte

MNHN_MP_0595
canal, d’Ismallia (Egypte)

MNHN_MP_0598
canal, Ismalia

MNHN_MP_0594
canal, Ismallia

UMMZ_111998
Darde, nr Asswan, Egypt

SMF_83009
Debod, Egypten

SMF_83007
Debod, Egypten

MNHN_MP_0636
du canal St. Joseph, Egypte, Nil

UF_93228
Egypt

MNHN_MP_0612_02
Egypte

MNHN_MP_0630
Egypte

MRAC_59008
Egypte: Canal Mahmoudieh

MRAC_58572
Egypte: le Nil

SMF_12257
Egypten, Africa

IRSNB_MP_0694
Ismaila

IRSNB_MP_0391
Ismaila dans le canal d’eau douce Ismailia

MNHN_MP_0635
Ismailia canal

IRSNB_MP_0392
Ismailia dans le canal d’eau douce Ismailieh

MNHN_MP_0634
Ismalia

UMMZ_57494
Lake Karum, Karanis, Fayum District, Egypt

MNHN_MP_0629
Le Nil, Egypte

ANSP_146183
Mahmoudich Canal, Africa

SMF_12250_02
Mahmudie-Kanal, bei Alexandrien

SMF_319638
Nil bei Luxor, Egypten

MNHN_MP_0633
Nil, Egypt

USNM_86783
Nile R., Egypt

ANSP_149616
Nile River, Egypt

UMMZ_46010
Nile River, Egypt

MCZ_156706
Nile River, Egypt

MCZ_60131
Nile River, Egypt

DMNH_120068
Nile River, Egypt

AMNH_30889
Nile River, Egypt

ANSP_403518
Nile River, Maadi, about 10 km south of Cairo, Egypt; 29 58- -N, 031 15 --E

UF_270738
Nile River, North of Alexandria, Egypt

SMF_83008
Nilufer Insel, Elephantine yegenub. Assuan

SMF_12253
Ob. Egypten [Upper Egypt]

UMMZ_111982
Port Said

USNM_126956B
R. Nile, Egypt

AMNH_292216
River Nile, Egypt

AMNH_31288
River Nile, Egypt

MCZ_134061
Suez at Port Said, Egypt

USNM_160045
Syene, Upper Egypt

UMMZ_111981
The Nile, Egypt

MNHN_MP_0623
The Nile, Egypt

MNHN_MP_0534
Gambie

BMNH_1904-7-17-5
Lake Rudolf

MNHN_MP_0586
Bamako (canal)

MNHN_MP_0588
Bamakou, Niger

MNHN_MP_0512
Haut Senegal, Niger

IRSNB_MP_0395
Koulikoro Niger

MNHN_MP_0605
Niger, pres d’ Mopti

MNHN_MP_0591
Yiri Madio (Niger)

MNHN_MP_0582
Maroc

MNHN_MP_0580
Gourao

MNHN_MP_0584
Gourao

MNHN_MP_0609
Gourao (Niger)

MNHN_MP_0610
Gourao (Niger)

MNHN_MP_0627
Ténéré

BMNH_1905-1-30-9-12
N. Nigeria

ZMB_17668
Niger Maschel bei Rabba

BMNH_1949-12-7-2
Niger River, Lokoja, Nigeria

BMNH_904-5-19-1-5
The Dago at Zungeru, Northern Nigeria

MCZ_40868
Wudil, Kano, Northern Nigeria

MNHN_MP_0543
de al Faleme.... confluent dans le Sénégal

MNHN_MP_0599
Faleme, Senegal

MNHN_MP_0531
Pambélé sur de Sénégal (Afrique occidentale)

BMNH_40-2-22-21
Senegal

MRAC_57575
Senegal

MRAC_57576
Senegal

CM_61.1541
Senegal

MNHN_MP_0544
Senegal

IRSNB_MP_0634
Senegal

IRSNB_MP_0377
Senegal

MRAC_58424
Senegal

ZMB_112998
Senegal

ZMB_112989
Senegal

BMNH_MP_258
Senegal

IRSNB_MP_0677
Senegal

IRSNB_MP_0688
Senegal

MNHN_MP_0523
Senegal

MNHN_MP_0525
Senegal

MNHN_MP_0533
Senegal

MNHN_MP_0535
Senegal

MNHN_MP_0537
Senegal

MNHN_MP_0539
Senegal

DMNH_172993
Senegal

DMNH_173146
Senegal

AMNH_31291
Senegal

AMNH_61950
Senegal

AMNH_30887
Senegal

AMNH_31290
Senegal

BMNH_MP_188
Senegal

MCZ_171542
Senegal, French West Africa

UMMZ_111977
Senegambia, West Africa

MRAC_58425
Embouchure du Nil Blanc

IRSNB_MP_0371
Fachoda

ZMB_53587
Fachoda

SMF_12254
Fachoda

UMMZ_111993
Fachoda, Anglo Egyptian Sudan

MNHN_MP_0689
Fleuve Blanc

BMNH_1923-6-8-1142
Gebel Ahmed Agha

BMNH_MP_190
Gebel Ahmed Agha

BMNH_MP_198
Gebel En

MCZ_75736
Gel River, between Rumbek and Tonj, Equitoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

SMF_993
Lakadivia-Insel, Bahr-el-Abiad [Bahr al Abyad = White Nile] [Sudan]

MCZ_88900
Lol River, Nyanlel, Equitoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

BMNH_MP_179
Masran Is.

BMNH_MP_186
Masran Island

BMNH_MP_380
mouth of the White Nile

BMNH_MP_385
mouth of the White Nile

SMF_319214
N Sudan

BMNH_1923-6-8-1157-1160
near Mogran, S. Sudan

MNHN_MP_0673
Nil Blanc

MNHN_MP_0675
Nil Blanc

MNHN_MP_0676
Nil Blanc

MNHN_MP_0677
Nil Blanc

MNHN_MP_0678
Nil Blanc

MNHN_MP_0685
Nil Blanc

IRSNB_MP_0390
riv. SE du lac Tchad entre Bol et le confluent du Bahr el Gazal

UMMZ_108020
River Nile, between Rejat and Nimula, Sudan, East Africa

ZMB_37440
Sennaar

MNHN_MP_0679
Sennar

MNHN_MP_0684
Sennar

MNHN_MP_0682
Soudan Anglo Egyptien

MNHN_MP_0683
Soudan Anglo Egyptien

MRAC_97746
Soudan: Bahr el Abiad, Aradiba

MRAC_97730
Soudan: Bahr el Abiad, Khor Adar

MRAC_799133
Soudan: rive gauche du Nil a Eyzumar pres du Village de Tabo Northern Prov.

BMNH_MP_196
south of Melut

SMF_12251
Sudan

UMMZ_248936
Swampy area North of Kosti bridge, White Nile River, Sudan

UMMZ_248935
Swampy bank of White Nile of Kosti, Sudan & across from Aba Is.

UMMZ_111988
Upper Nile, Africa

USNM_215180
White Nile, Gordon Tree, above Khartoum

BMNH_1923-6-8-1161
White Nile, Khartum, S. Sudan

USNM_215182
Albert Nyanza, Butiaba

SMF_12249
Kioga See, zw Victoria und Albert See, O. Afrika

MCZ_53506
Kioga, lake between Lake Albert and Lake Victoria, Uganda

MNHN_MP_0687
lac albert, Kaiso (Afrique Orientale)

UMMZ_111985
Lake Albert, British Uganda, Africa

MCZ_139758
Lake Albert, Bugungu, near Butiaba, Uganda

BMNH_1940-7-31-1-3
Lake Albert, Butiaba

USNM_606826
Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda

MCZ_175081
Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda

UMMZ_67728
Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda, East Africa

BMNH_MP_191
Lake Albert, Ugandan shore, between Kibro and Tonya

ANSP_164951
Lake Edward, Butiaba, Africa

MCZ_260519
Lake Victoria, Queen Elizabeth Park, Uganda

UMMZ_108021
Masindi, between L. Albert and Victoria, Africa

USNM_215183
Rhino Camp, L. Enclave

ANSP_348827
Stand of Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda; 1.48 N; 31.21 E

BMNH_MP_174
Tonia, Albert Nyanza

BMNH_1930-12-3-365-367
Uganda

MNHN_MP_0688
Uganda

IRSNB_MP_0372
[locality illegible]

AMNH_30888
[no locality available - Africa]

MNHN_MP_0577
[no locality available - Africa]

IRSNB_MP_0366
[no locality available - Africa]

IRSNB_MP_0369
[no locality available - Africa]

IRSNB_MP_0370
[no locality available - Africa]

USNM_86775
[no locality available - Africa]

IRSNB_MP_0398
[no locality available - Africa]

ZMB_9617
[no locality available - Africa]

IRSNB_MP_0418
[no locality available - Africa]

MNHN_MP_0686
[no locality available - Africa]

IRSNB_MP_0693
[no locality available - Africa]

SMF_12252
[no locality available - Africa]

AMNH_61953
[no locality available - Africa]

AMNH_30890
[no locality available - Africa]

SMF_12255
[no locality available - Africa]

BMNH_MP_219
Africa

BMNH_MP_217
Africa

UMMZ_23171
Africa

UMMZ_111973
Africa

UMMZ_22892
Africa

FMNH_3259
Africa

IRSNB_MP_0386
Africa

MRAC_58428
Africa

ANSP_41818
Africa

BMNH_MP_201
Africa

BMNH_MP_202
Africa

MRAC_58423
Africale

ZMB_112992
Afrika

ZMB_112997
Afrika

ZMB_111982
Afrika

IRSNB_MP_0757
Afrique Tropicale

IRSNB_MP_0678
Afrique Tropicale

IRSNB_MP_0459_02
Afrique Tropicale

ZMB_112995
Albert Eduard See

ZMB_112994
Albert Eduard See

BMNH_1901-8-16-13
Albert Nyanza

BMNH_1901-8-16-24
Albert Nyanza, British Central Africa

BMNH_46-4-24-17
Egypt & Senegal

BMNH_MP_199
Egypt & Senegal

ZMB_109093
Ituri [this is presumably from Lake Albert]

IRSNB_MP_0340
Lac Albert

MRAC_614283
Lac Edouard, plage de Berra

MRAC_406727
Lac Edward

MRAC_783612
Lac Edward

BMNH_MP_165
Lake Albert

MCZ_72825
Lake Edward, Uganda

ZMB_112987
Land

MNHN_MP_0578
Le Nil

IRSNB_MP_0630
Le Nil

MNHN_MP_0637
Le Nil

MNHN_MP_0674
Le Nil

MRAC_58557
Le Nil

MRAC_58571
Le Nil

MNHN_MP_0722
Le Nil

DMNH_56407
Le Nil (Nile River)

MRAC_275691
Mabaqi, presque’ile Tunduru

ZMB_111981
Mbugu, Victoria Nyansa

ZMB_112974
Mion

MNHN_MP_0590
Niger

MNHN_MP_0603
Niger

MNHN_MP_0604
Niger

MNHN_MP_0715
Niger

MNHN_MP_0596
Nil

MNHN_MP_0600
Nil

MNHN_MP_0638
Nil

MNHN_MP_0639
Nil

MNHN_MP_0640
Nil

SMF_12247
Nil in Nubien

BMNH_46-7-24-15-16
Nile River

BMNH_1900-7-17-304
Nile River

BMNH_MP_173
Nile River

BMNH_MP_205
Nile River

UF_93193
Nile River

BMNH_MP_177
Nile River

ANSP_9059
River Nile

ANSP_129951
River Nile

USNM_25683
River Nile

UMMZ_111976
The Nile

UMMZ_111979
The Nile, Africa

UMMZ_111986_02
Tropical Africa

IRSNB_MP_0385
Victoria See Uganda

SMF_319216
Viktoria-See, Tansania [Lake Victoria, Tanzania]

ANSP_125479
W. Africa

UMMZ_111975
West Africa

MRAC_58427
West Africa
UMMZ_84195.
UMMZ_195669.
There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
RMBH_biv_541_4. (SRA: SRX18065932, go to GenBank)