Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791): specimens

26 available nominal species synonyms (36 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mutela dubiaGraf & 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 dubiaGraf & Cummings (2007)
Mutela dubia garambaeGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia niloticaGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia eminiGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Range

Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile. (Afrotropics: AF1 AF2 AF3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Mutela dubia

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

BMNH_46-7-24-19. Syene, Egypt — manuscript name Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

8 Specimens from Benin

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

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

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0423
IRSNB_MP_0423
Lagune de Kotomou

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IRSNB_MP_0425
Lagune de Kotomou

image of lot MNHN_MP_0592
MNHN_MP_0592
pres Zagnanado, Dahomey

image of lot MNHN_MP_0602
MNHN_MP_0602
Zananado, bords de l’Oueme, Dahomey

3 Specimens from Cameroon

image of lot MNHN_MP_0601
MNHN_MP_0601
Lac Ossa

image of lot MNHN_MP_0587
MNHN_MP_0587
Nono, riv. Wuri

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BMNH_1911-10-27-3
River Logone, South of Lake Chad

2 Specimens from Central African Republic

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

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MNHN_MP_0589
Mamoun (Chari)

25 Specimens from Chad

image of lot MNHN_MP_0624
MNHN_MP_0624
Baga Sola, Lac Tchad

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

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MNHN_MP_0593
Fort Lamy, Chari

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MNHN_MP_0632
Fort Lamy, lac Tchad, dans le Chari

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MNHN_MP_0613
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0614
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0615
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0617
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0618
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0619
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0620
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0622
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0612_01
Lac Tchad (Bol)

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MNHN_MP_0616
Lac Tchad (nord)

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MNHN_MP_0611
Lac Tchad, Baga Sola

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MNHN_MP_0628
Lac Tchad, Baga Sola

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MRAC_798073
Lac Tchad: Fort Lamy

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0529
IRSNB_MP_0529
Lac Tchad...

image of lot BMNH_1923-3-6-15
BMNH_1923-3-6-15
Lake Chad, Sudan

image of lot MNHN_MP_0626
MNHN_MP_0626
Le Bas Chari

image of lot MNHN_MP_0625
MNHN_MP_0625
Mayo Kebi près e Lére (Tchad)

image of lot SMF_12248_01
SMF_12248_01
Muse Elu (Lere See), Benue Gebiet

image of lot MNHN_MP_0608
MNHN_MP_0608
Parc National de Zakouma, Tchad

image of lot MNHN_MP_0631
MNHN_MP_0631
Samia (lac Tchad)

2 Specimens from Congo (Brazzaville)

image of lot MNHN_MP_0579
MNHN_MP_0579
L’Oubangui

image of lot MNHN_MP_0749
MNHN_MP_0749
Oubanghi (bas)

17 Specimens from Congo (DRC)

image of lot ZMB_112993
ZMB_112993
Albert See, Kassenji

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0696
IRSNB_MP_0696
Kasenga Luapula, Congo Belge

image of lot ZMB_MP_0392
ZMB_MP_0392
Kassenge, SW Albert Nyansa

image of lot MRAC_58440
MRAC_58440
Lac Albert Kasenyi

image of lot MRAC_483032
MRAC_483032
Lac Albert Kasenyi

image of lot MRAC_59259
MRAC_59259
Lac Albert Mahagi

image of lot MRAC_58931
MRAC_58931
Lac Albert Mahagi Port

image of lot MRAC_58433
MRAC_58433
Lac Albert Mahagi Port

image of lot MRAC_58436
MRAC_58436
Lac Albert Mahagi Port

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0706
IRSNB_MP_0706
Lac Edouard Isango, Congo Belge

image of lot MCZ_41064
MCZ_41064
Lake Albert, Mahagi, Belgian Congo

image of lot MCZ_172816
MCZ_172816
Lake Edward, Ishango, Belgian Congo

image of lot MCZ_171875
MCZ_171875
Lake Edward, N shore, Kasindi, Belgian Congo

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0679
IRSNB_MP_0679
Nsendwe, Congo Belge

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

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0680
IRSNB_MP_0680
Nsendwe, Haut-Lualaba, Congo Belge

image of lot ANSP_133858
ANSP_133858
W shore of L. Albert

1 Specimens from Côte d'Ivoire

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

52 Specimens from Egypt

image of lot USNM_126439
USNM_126439
[Nile R.], Nubia, Africa

image of lot SMF_319215
SMF_319215
Abu Simbel, shore of Lake Nassar, Aegypten

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0389
IRSNB_MP_0389
Alexandrie

image of lot BMNH_MP_211
BMNH_MP_211
Bahr el Faraomijeh

image of lot ZMB_35201
ZMB_35201
Bahr el Jussuf

image of lot SMF_12256
SMF_12256
Bahr el Karum, bei El Fayum, U. Eg.

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0375
IRSNB_MP_0375
Canal Ismaileh (eau douce) a Ismailia

image of lot UMMZ_111984
UMMZ_111984
Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0642
IRSNB_MP_0642
Canal Mahmoudieh, Egypte

image of lot MNHN_MP_0595
MNHN_MP_0595
canal, d’Ismallia (Egypte)

image of lot MNHN_MP_0598
MNHN_MP_0598
canal, Ismalia

image of lot MNHN_MP_0594
MNHN_MP_0594
canal, Ismallia

image of lot UMMZ_111998
UMMZ_111998
Darde, nr Asswan, Egypt

image of lot SMF_83009
SMF_83009
Debod, Egypten

image of lot SMF_83007
SMF_83007
Debod, Egypten

image of lot MNHN_MP_0636
MNHN_MP_0636
du canal St. Joseph, Egypte, Nil

image of lot MRAC_59008
MRAC_59008
Egypte: Canal Mahmoudieh

image of lot MRAC_58572
MRAC_58572
Egypte: le Nil

image of lot SMF_12257
SMF_12257
Egypten, Africa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0391
IRSNB_MP_0391
Ismaila dans le canal d’eau douce Ismailia

image of lot MNHN_MP_0635
MNHN_MP_0635
Ismailia canal

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0392
IRSNB_MP_0392
Ismailia dans le canal d’eau douce Ismailieh

image of lot UMMZ_57494
UMMZ_57494
Lake Karum, Karanis, Fayum District, Egypt

image of lot MNHN_MP_0629
MNHN_MP_0629
Le Nil, Egypte

image of lot ANSP_146183
ANSP_146183
Mahmoudich Canal, Africa

image of lot SMF_12250_02
SMF_12250_02
Mahmudie-Kanal, bei Alexandrien

image of lot SMF_319638
SMF_319638
Nil bei Luxor, Egypten

image of lot MNHN_MP_0633
MNHN_MP_0633
Nil, Egypt

image of lot USNM_86783
USNM_86783
Nile R., Egypt

image of lot ANSP_149616
ANSP_149616
Nile River, Egypt

image of lot UMMZ_46010
UMMZ_46010
Nile River, Egypt

image of lot MCZ_156706
MCZ_156706
Nile River, Egypt

image of lot MCZ_60131
MCZ_60131
Nile River, Egypt

image of lot DMNH_120068
DMNH_120068
Nile River, Egypt

image of lot AMNH_30889
AMNH_30889
Nile River, Egypt

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

image of lot UF_270738
UF_270738
Nile River, North of Alexandria, Egypt

image of lot SMF_83008
SMF_83008
Nilufer Insel, Elephantine yegenub. Assuan

image of lot SMF_12253
SMF_12253
Ob. Egypten [Upper Egypt]

image of lot UMMZ_111982
UMMZ_111982
Port Said

image of lot USNM_126956B
USNM_126956B
R. Nile, Egypt

image of lot AMNH_292216
AMNH_292216
River Nile, Egypt

image of lot AMNH_31288
AMNH_31288
River Nile, Egypt

image of lot MCZ_134061
MCZ_134061
Suez at Port Said, Egypt

image of lot USNM_160045
USNM_160045
Syene, Upper Egypt

image of lot UMMZ_111981
UMMZ_111981
The Nile, Egypt

image of lot MNHN_MP_0623
MNHN_MP_0623
The Nile, Egypt

1 Specimens from Gambia
1 Specimens from Kenya

image of lot BMNH_1904-7-17-5
BMNH_1904-7-17-5
Lake Rudolf

6 Specimens from Mali

image of lot MNHN_MP_0586
MNHN_MP_0586
Bamako (canal)

image of lot MNHN_MP_0588
MNHN_MP_0588
Bamakou, Niger

image of lot MNHN_MP_0512
MNHN_MP_0512
Haut Senegal, Niger

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0395
IRSNB_MP_0395
Koulikoro Niger

image of lot MNHN_MP_0605
MNHN_MP_0605
Niger, pres d’ Mopti

image of lot MNHN_MP_0591
MNHN_MP_0591
Yiri Madio (Niger)

1 Specimens from Morocco
5 Specimens from Niger

image of lot MNHN_MP_0609
MNHN_MP_0609
Gourao (Niger)

image of lot MNHN_MP_0610
MNHN_MP_0610
Gourao (Niger)

image of lot MNHN_MP_0627
MNHN_MP_0627
Ténéré

5 Specimens from Nigeria

image of lot ZMB_17668
ZMB_17668
Niger Maschel bei Rabba

image of lot BMNH_1949-12-7-2
BMNH_1949-12-7-2
Niger River, Lokoja, Nigeria

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

image of lot MCZ_40868
MCZ_40868
Wudil, Kano, Northern Nigeria

31 Specimens from Senegal

image of lot MNHN_MP_0543
MNHN_MP_0543
de al Faleme.... confluent dans le Sénégal

image of lot MNHN_MP_0599
MNHN_MP_0599
Faleme, Senegal

image of lot MNHN_MP_0531
MNHN_MP_0531
Pambélé sur de Sénégal (Afrique occidentale)

image of lot MRAC_57575
MRAC_57575
Senegal

image of lot MRAC_57576
MRAC_57576
Senegal

image of lot CM_61.1541
CM_61.1541
Senegal

image of lot MRAC_58424
MRAC_58424
Senegal

image of lot ZMB_112998
ZMB_112998
Senegal

image of lot ZMB_112989
ZMB_112989
Senegal

image of lot AMNH_31291
AMNH_31291
Senegal

image of lot AMNH_61950
AMNH_61950
Senegal

image of lot AMNH_30887
AMNH_30887
Senegal

image of lot AMNH_31290
AMNH_31290
Senegal

image of lot MCZ_171542
MCZ_171542
Senegal, French West Africa

image of lot UMMZ_111977
UMMZ_111977
Senegambia, West Africa

41 Specimens from Sudan

image of lot MRAC_58425
MRAC_58425
Embouchure du Nil Blanc

image of lot ZMB_53587
ZMB_53587
Fachoda

image of lot SMF_12254
SMF_12254
Fachoda

image of lot UMMZ_111993
UMMZ_111993
Fachoda, Anglo Egyptian Sudan

image of lot MNHN_MP_0689
MNHN_MP_0689
Fleuve Blanc

image of lot BMNH_1923-6-8-1142
BMNH_1923-6-8-1142
Gebel Ahmed Agha

image of lot BMNH_MP_190
BMNH_MP_190
Gebel Ahmed Agha

image of lot BMNH_MP_198
BMNH_MP_198
Gebel En

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

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

image of lot MCZ_88900
MCZ_88900
Lol River, Nyanlel, Equitoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

image of lot BMNH_MP_179
BMNH_MP_179
Masran Is.

image of lot BMNH_MP_186
BMNH_MP_186
Masran Island

image of lot BMNH_MP_380
BMNH_MP_380
mouth of the White Nile

image of lot BMNH_MP_385
BMNH_MP_385
mouth of the White Nile

image of lot SMF_319214
SMF_319214
N Sudan

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

image of lot MNHN_MP_0673
MNHN_MP_0673
Nil Blanc

image of lot MNHN_MP_0675
MNHN_MP_0675
Nil Blanc

image of lot MNHN_MP_0676
MNHN_MP_0676
Nil Blanc

image of lot MNHN_MP_0677
MNHN_MP_0677
Nil Blanc

image of lot MNHN_MP_0678
MNHN_MP_0678
Nil Blanc

image of lot MNHN_MP_0685
MNHN_MP_0685
Nil Blanc

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

image of lot UMMZ_108020
UMMZ_108020
River Nile, between Rejat and Nimula, Sudan, East Africa

image of lot ZMB_37440
ZMB_37440
Sennaar

image of lot MNHN_MP_0682
MNHN_MP_0682
Soudan Anglo Egyptien

image of lot MNHN_MP_0683
MNHN_MP_0683
Soudan Anglo Egyptien

image of lot MRAC_97746
MRAC_97746
Soudan: Bahr el Abiad, Aradiba

image of lot MRAC_97730
MRAC_97730
Soudan: Bahr el Abiad, Khor Adar

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

image of lot BMNH_MP_196
BMNH_MP_196
south of Melut

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

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

image of lot UMMZ_111988
UMMZ_111988
Upper Nile, Africa

image of lot USNM_215180
USNM_215180
White Nile, Gordon Tree, above Khartoum

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

19 Specimens from Uganda

image of lot USNM_215182
USNM_215182
Albert Nyanza, Butiaba

image of lot SMF_12249
SMF_12249
Kioga See, zw Victoria und Albert See, O. Afrika

image of lot MCZ_53506
MCZ_53506
Kioga, lake between Lake Albert and Lake Victoria, Uganda

image of lot MNHN_MP_0687
MNHN_MP_0687
lac albert, Kaiso (Afrique Orientale)

image of lot UMMZ_111985
UMMZ_111985
Lake Albert, British Uganda, Africa

image of lot MCZ_139758
MCZ_139758
Lake Albert, Bugungu, near Butiaba, Uganda

image of lot BMNH_1940-7-31-1-3
BMNH_1940-7-31-1-3
Lake Albert, Butiaba

image of lot USNM_606826
USNM_606826
Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda

image of lot MCZ_175081
MCZ_175081
Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda

image of lot UMMZ_67728
UMMZ_67728
Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda, East Africa

image of lot BMNH_MP_191
BMNH_MP_191
Lake Albert, Ugandan shore, between Kibro and Tonya

image of lot ANSP_164951
ANSP_164951
Lake Edward, Butiaba, Africa

image of lot MCZ_260519
MCZ_260519
Lake Victoria, Queen Elizabeth Park, Uganda

image of lot UMMZ_108021
UMMZ_108021
Masindi, between L. Albert and Victoria, Africa

image of lot USNM_215183
USNM_215183
Rhino Camp, L. Enclave

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

image of lot BMNH_MP_174
BMNH_MP_174
Tonia, Albert Nyanza

93 Specimens from unknown

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0372
IRSNB_MP_0372
[locality illegible]

image of lot AMNH_30888
AMNH_30888
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot MNHN_MP_0577
MNHN_MP_0577
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0366
IRSNB_MP_0366
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0369
IRSNB_MP_0369
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0370
IRSNB_MP_0370
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot USNM_86775
USNM_86775
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0398
IRSNB_MP_0398
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot ZMB_9617
ZMB_9617
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0418
IRSNB_MP_0418
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot MNHN_MP_0686
MNHN_MP_0686
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0693
IRSNB_MP_0693
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot SMF_12252
SMF_12252
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot AMNH_61953
AMNH_61953
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot AMNH_30890
AMNH_30890
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot SMF_12255
SMF_12255
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot FMNH_3259
FMNH_3259
Africa

image of lot MRAC_58423
MRAC_58423
Africale

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0757
IRSNB_MP_0757
Afrique Tropicale

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0678
IRSNB_MP_0678
Afrique Tropicale

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0459_02
IRSNB_MP_0459_02
Afrique Tropicale

image of lot ZMB_112995
ZMB_112995
Albert Eduard See

image of lot ZMB_112994
ZMB_112994
Albert Eduard See

image of lot BMNH_1901-8-16-13
BMNH_1901-8-16-13
Albert Nyanza

image of lot BMNH_1901-8-16-24
BMNH_1901-8-16-24
Albert Nyanza, British Central Africa

image of lot BMNH_46-4-24-17
BMNH_46-4-24-17
Egypt & Senegal

image of lot BMNH_MP_199
BMNH_MP_199
Egypt & Senegal

image of lot ZMB_109093
ZMB_109093
Ituri [this is presumably from Lake Albert]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0340
IRSNB_MP_0340
Lac Albert

image of lot MRAC_614283
MRAC_614283
Lac Edouard, plage de Berra

image of lot MRAC_406727
MRAC_406727
Lac Edward

image of lot MRAC_783612
MRAC_783612
Lac Edward

image of lot BMNH_MP_165
BMNH_MP_165
Lake Albert

image of lot MCZ_72825
MCZ_72825
Lake Edward, Uganda

image of lot DMNH_56407
DMNH_56407
Le Nil (Nile River)

image of lot MRAC_275691
MRAC_275691
Mabaqi, presque’ile Tunduru

image of lot ZMB_111981
ZMB_111981
Mbugu, Victoria Nyansa

image of lot SMF_12247
SMF_12247
Nil in Nubien

image of lot BMNH_MP_173
BMNH_MP_173
Nile River

image of lot BMNH_MP_205
BMNH_MP_205
Nile River

image of lot UF_93193
UF_93193
Nile River

image of lot BMNH_MP_177
BMNH_MP_177
Nile River

image of lot ANSP_9059
ANSP_9059
River Nile

image of lot ANSP_129951
ANSP_129951
River Nile

image of lot USNM_25683
USNM_25683
River Nile

image of lot UMMZ_111976
UMMZ_111976
The Nile

image of lot UMMZ_111979
UMMZ_111979
The Nile, Africa

image of lot UMMZ_111986_02
UMMZ_111986_02
Tropical Africa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0385
IRSNB_MP_0385
Victoria See Uganda

image of lot SMF_319216
SMF_319216
Viktoria-See, Tansania [Lake Victoria, Tanzania]

image of lot ANSP_125479
ANSP_125479
W. Africa

image of lot UMMZ_111975
UMMZ_111975
West Africa

image of lot MRAC_58427
MRAC_58427
West Africa

UMMZ_84195.

UMMZ_195669.

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

RMBH_biv_541_4. (SRA: SRX18065932, go to GenBank)