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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela mabilli

nominal species Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Mutela mabilli

Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 434, pl. 41, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_134054, Lualaba River, Mulongo.

= Mutela mabilli

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886) — Graf & Cummings, 2011

+ Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886) — IUCN, 2010

+ Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886) — Graf & Cummings, 2006

+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Ibrahim et al., 1999

= Mutela iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Daget, 1998

+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Van Damme, 1984

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

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

= Mutela (s.s.) iris new species — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927