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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela bourguignati

nominal species Mutela subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1886

= Mutela bourguignati

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 — Daget, 1998

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

= Mutela (s.s.) subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1883 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Mutela (s.s.) rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Simpson, 1914

= Mutela (s.s.) subdiaphana Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910

+ Mutelina rostrata Rang — Pallary, 1909

= Mutela subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1883 — Simpson, 1900

= Mutela (Calliscapha) subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1883 — Martens, 1897

= Mutelina subdiaphana (Bourg.) — Servain, 1890

= Mutelina subdiaphana (Bourguignat, 1883) — Bourguignat, 1886

+ — Bourguignat, 1883