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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela dubia

nominal species Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823

Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 = Mutela dubia

Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 11.
Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 53, pl. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0280, Bahr Yousef, Egypte.

= Mutela dubia

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Graf & Cummings, 2011

= Mutela dubia nilotica — IUCN, 2010

= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Mutela nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Graf, 2000

= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Ibrahim et al., 1999

= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Daget, 1998

= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Van Damme, 1984

= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969

+ — Lévèque, 1967

= Mutela nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1929

= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Sowerby, 1835) [sic] — Simpson, 1914

= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica Sow. — Kobelt, 1910

= Mutela nilotica (Férussac) Sowerby — Pallary, 1909

= Mutela (Mutelina) nilotica Fér. — Kobelt, 1904

+ Mutela exotica (Lamarck) — E.A. Smith, 1904

= Mutela nilotica Férussac — Pallary, 1903

= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Sowerby, 1835) [sic] — Simpson, 1900

= Mutela (Calliscapha) nilotica (Férussac in Cailliaud, 1823) — Martens, 1897

= Mutela nilotica Fér. — Westerlund, 1890

= Mutela nilotica de Férussac — Servain, 1890

+ Mutela exotica (Lamarck) — E.A. Smith, 1881

+ Mutela exotica Lamarck — E.A. Smith, 1880

= Mutela nilotica Fér. — Jickeli, 1874

+ Platiris (Spatha) dubia (Gmel.) — Lea, 1870

= Iridina nilotica Sowerby — Sowerby, 1868

= Spatha (Mutela) nilotica Fer. — Martens, 1866

= Mutela (Calliscapha) nilotica “Ferus. and Sow.” — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Platiris (Spatha) dubia (Gmel.) — Lea, 1852

= Iridina nilotica Ferrusac & Sow. — Hanley, 1843

= Calliscapha nilotica Sow. — Swainson, 1840

= Platiris (Spatha) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Sowerby, 1839

= Platiris (Spatha) nilotica Lea — Lea, 1838

= Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 — Lea, 1836

= Iridina nilotica Cailliaud — Lea, 1834

+ Iridina exotica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832

= Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 — Wood, 1828