species Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835): synonymy

Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835

Rang, 1835. Nouv. Ann. Mus. 4(3): 316.
Potiez & Michaud, 1844. Galérie Moll. at. Mus. Douai 2: 147, pl. 56, fig. 1.
TYPE XXX_UNKNOWN, Senegal.

Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) (Group of M. rostrata) rostrata — Simpson (1914)
Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929)
Mutela rostrata — Connolly (1939), Franc (1949), Lévèque (1967), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Van Damme (1984), ... Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)

Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 57 [as ‘cœlestis’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 82, pl. 22, fig. 70 [as ‘cœlestis’].
LECTOTYPE USNM_86785 (by Boyko & Sage, 1996: 17), Africa.

Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1900), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) (Group of M. rostrata) rostrata — Simpson (1914)
Mutela rostrata — Connolly (1939), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)

Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 7.
SYNTYPES MNHN_5699, Gancini (Congo).

Mutela (s.s.) (Group of M. rostrata) rostrata — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mutelina rostrata var. minor Germain, 1906

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835)
Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 239.

Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina rhynchota Pallary, 1909

‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 15 [as ‘M. aegyptiaca var. rhynchota].

Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutelina aegyptiaca var. rhynchota — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924

Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 52, pl. 4, fig. 14.
PARATYPES BMNH_1937-12-30-13155-13156, Lower Nile River.

Mutelina aegyptiaca — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) aegyptiaca — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa Pallary, 1924

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924)
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 13.

Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutela carrei Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948

(misidentified reference to Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898)
‘Putzeys’ Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948. Mém. Inst. Royal Colonial Belge: 52, pl. 3, fig. 8.

Mutela rostrata — Mandahl-Barth (1968), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Mutela rostrata var. brevior Dupuis & Putzeys IRSNB Collection of Authors

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835)
Dupuis & Putzeys IRSNB Collection of Authors.
MANUSCRIPT NAME IRSNB_MP_0632, Nsendwe, Congo Belge.

Mutela rostrata var. germaini Dupuis & Putzeys MRAC Collection of Authors

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835)
Dupuis & Putzeys MRAC Collection of Authors.
MANUSCRIPT NAME MRAC_58505, Nsendwe.

Platiris (Spatha) caelestis Lea, 1852

(error for Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 55 [as ‘cælestis’].
‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89 [as ‘cælestis’].

Iridina gracilis ‘Parreyss in collectionibus’ Martens, 1866

(intro'd as syn of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835)
‘Parreyss in collectionibus’ Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
NOMEN NUDUM BMNH_41-4-28-152, Nile River.

Mutelina rhynchonella Servain, 1891

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1891. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina calverti Servain, 1891

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1891. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304. [nomen nudum]

Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina gracilis Servain, 1891

Servain, 1891. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304. [nomen nudum]

Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)