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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 mabilliSimpson (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.) mabilliSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela niloticaHaas (1929)
Mutela nilotica mabilliHaas (1936)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan 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 paludicolaSimpson (1900)
Mutela (s.s.) mabilliSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela mabilliConnolly (1931), Daget (1998)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan 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.) mabilliSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela mabilliConnolly (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’hotellerianaSimpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) lhotellerianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela dubiaVan Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubiaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Mutela mabilliDaget (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.) irisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela niloticaHaas (1929)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Mutela irisDaget (1998)
Mutela mabilliGraf & 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 mabilliSimpson (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 paludicolaSimpson (1900)
Mutelina mabillei [sic]Germain (1907)
Mutela (s.s.) mabilliSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela l’hotellerianaSimpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) lhotellerianaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) irisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela niloticaHaas (1929)
Mutela nilotica mabilliHaas (1936)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubiaVan Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubiaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Mutela irisDaget (1998)

 
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