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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 bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886: synonymy
46 specimens Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 8.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown].
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela bourguignati — Bloomer (1932), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969) | |
Mutela subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 5, 17. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 12.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Mutela subdiaphana — Simpson (1900)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) subdiaphana — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela bourguignati — Daget (1998) | |
Mutela bourguignati var. smithi Martens, 1897
 ‘Bourguignat’ E.A. Smith, 1892. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(56): 128, pl. 12, fig. 16 [as ‘Mutela bourguignati’].
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108810, Mbugu, Victoria Nyansa.
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela bourguignati — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Mutela bourguignati var. truncata Martens, 1897
 Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255, pl. 7, fig. 17.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108812, Buddu.
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncata — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela bourguignati — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2011) | |
Mutela bourguignati E.A. Smith, 1892
‘Bourguignat’ E.A. Smith, 1892. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(56): 128, pl. 12, fig. 16.
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela subdiaphana — Simpson (1900)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) subdiaphana — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncata — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1914)
Mutela bourguignati — Bloomer (1932), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
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