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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 species Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886): synonymy 15 specimens Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886
Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 7. Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_5700, Gancini (Congo).
Mutela mabilli — Simpson (1900), Connolly (1931), Dartevelle (1939), Connolly (1939), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) Mutelina mabillei [sic] — Germain (1907) Mutela (s.s.) mabilli — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929) Mutela nilotica mabilli — Haas (1936) Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969) Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999) | |
Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886
Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 8. Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_5698, Gancini (Congo).
Mutela paludicola — Simpson (1900) Mutela (s.s.) mabilli — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela mabilli — Connolly (1931), Daget (1998) Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969) Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010) | |
Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907 ‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67. ‘Rochebrune’ Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 569.
Mutela (s.s.) mabilli — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela mabilli — Connolly (1931), Connolly (1939), Daget (1998) | |
Mutela lhotelleriana Preston, 1909
 Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 89, pl. 4, fig. 6. Type(s): PARATYPE MRAC_58578, Gabon.
Mutela l’hotelleriana — Simpson (1914) Mutela (s.s.) lhotelleriana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969) Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984) Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Mutela mabilli — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010) | |
Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
 Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 434, pl. 41, figs. 2-2a. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_134054, Lualaba River, Mulongo.
Mutela (s.s.) iris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929) Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969) Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999) Mutela iris — Daget (1998) Mutela mabilli — Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Mutelina pauldicola Ibrahim et al., 1999 ‘Rochebrune’ Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 106. | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Mutela mabilli — Simpson (1900), Connolly (1931), Dartevelle (1939), Connolly (1939), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) Mutela paludicola — Simpson (1900) Mutelina mabillei [sic] — Germain (1907) Mutela (s.s.) mabilli — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela l’hotelleriana — Simpson (1914) Mutela (s.s.) lhotelleriana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela (s.s.) iris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929) Mutela nilotica mabilli — Haas (1936) Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969) Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010) Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984) Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Mutela iris — Daget (1998)
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