MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela alata
nominal species Mutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894
Mutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894 = Mutela alata
Ancey, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 233, fig. 8.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Mutela alata (Lea, 1864) — Daget, 1998: 133.
+ Mutela alata (Lea, 1864) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 80, 90.
+ Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969: 581.
= Mutela alata simpsoni Ancey, 1894 — Crowley et al., 1964: 44, pl. 6, figs. 35-36.
= Mutela (s.s.) simpsoni Ancey, 1894 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 430.
= Mutela (s.s.) simpsoni Ancey, 1894 — Simpson, 1914: 1356.
= Mutela (s.s.) simpsoni Ancey — Kobelt, 1910: 86.
= Mutela (s.s.) simpsoni Ancey, 1894 — Simpson, 1900: 904.
= Mutela (Calliscapha) alata var. simpsoni Ancey, 1894 — Martens, 1897: 253.
= Mutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894 — Ancey, 1894: 233, fig. 8.
