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

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species Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: synonymy
     12 specimens

Mutela (s.s.) langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 432, pl. 39, fig. 3-3b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_133860, Zambi, Belg. Congo, Afr.

Mutela (s.s.) langiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela niloticaHaas (1929)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Mutela langiGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela (s.s.) langiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela niloticaHaas (1929)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Mutela langiGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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