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Margaritiferidae

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Geography

Central America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1886: specimens

7 available nominal species synonyms (11 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mutela soleniformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Lake Tanganyika, Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Mutela soleniformis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Congo (DRC)

IRSNB_MP_0510 Kibanga	IRSNB_MP_0511 Kibanga	MNHN_MP_0184 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0184 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0218 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0218 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0235 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0235 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0259 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0259 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0287 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0287 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0314 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0314 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	SMF_3559 Kibanga, lac Tanganyika
MNHN_MP_0286 Pambete	MNHN_MP_0286 Pambete	MNHN_MP_0286 Pambete

Tanzania

ZMB_109103B Dtsch O. Africa	ZMB_109103B Dtsch O. Africa	IRSNB_MP_0699 Karema (Tanganyika)
IRSNB_MP_0699 Karema (Tanganyika)	ZMB_32909 Tanganyika, Tansania	ZMB_32909 Tanganyika, Tansania

unknown

MRAC_58452 Lac Tanganyika	BMNH_1880-12-20-4-7 Lake Tanganyika	BMNH_1880-3-5-33 Lake Tanganyika
BMNH_1880-3-5-33 Lake Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_0304 Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_0304 Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_0405 Tanganyika...

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.