Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 292.
E.A. Smith, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6(2): 101.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948. Mém. Inst. Royal Colonial Belge: 52.
(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)
Mutela exotica — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis — Leloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 25.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49, pl. 22, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0184, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Mutela (s.s.) exotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela bridouxi — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. bridouxi — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela soleniformis — Daget (1998)

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 28.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 51, pl. 23, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0235, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela jouberti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. jouberti — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moineti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti — Leloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformis — Daget (1998)

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 26.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0218, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Mutela lavigerina [sic] — Simpson (1900)
Mutela lavigeriana — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) lavigeriana — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis — Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela soleniformis — Daget (1998)

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 27.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 211, footnote, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0287, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Mutela moineti — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moineti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti — Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela soleniformis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 25, 29.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0259, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Mutela monceti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) monceti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti — Leloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformis — Daget (1998)

Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 25.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49, pl. 22, fig. 2-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0304, Tanganyika.
Mutela (s.s.) exotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela soleniformis — E.A. Smith (1904), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. soleniformis — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 25 [as ‘vysseri’], 31.
(incorrect original spelling of Mutela vysseri Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0314, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moineti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti — Leloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformis — Daget (1998)
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 25, 31 [as ‘visseri’].
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 51, pl. 23, figs. 2-3.
(correct name for Mutela visseri Bourguignat, 1886)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela vysseri — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. vysseri — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moineti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti — Leloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformis — Daget (1998)
‘Cailliaud’ Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 131.
(misidentified reference to Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823)
Mutela soleniformis — Daget (1998)
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 906.
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1367.
(error for Mutela lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela lavigerina [sic] — Simpson (1900)
Mutela moineti — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela exotica — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela bridouxi — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela jouberti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela lavigeriana — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela monceti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela soleniformis — E.A. Smith (1904), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela vysseri — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. bridouxi — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. jouberti — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) lavigeriana — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. soleniformis — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. vysseri — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moineti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) monceti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti — Leloup (1950)