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

nominal species Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868

Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868 = Mutela dubia

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 2, sp. 5.

= Mutela dubia

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Daget, 1998

+ Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

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

+ Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Haas, 1969

+ Lévèque, 1967

= Mutela dubia var. angustata Sowerby — Franc, 1949

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

= Mutela (s.s.) angustata (Sowerby, 1868) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Simpson, 1914

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

= Mutela nilotica var. angustata Sowerby — Pallary, 1909

= Mutela (s.s.) angustata (Sowerby, 1868) — Simpson, 1900

= Mutela angustata Sow. — Westerlund, 1890

= Mutela angustata de Sowerby — Servain, 1890

= Mutela angustata (Sowerby) — Jickeli, 1874

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

= Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868 — Sowerby, 1868

 
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