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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela bourguignati

nominal species Mutela bourguignati var. truncata Martens, 1897

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Mutela bourguignati var. truncata Martens, 1897 = Mutela bourguignati

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255, pl. 7, fig. 17.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108812, Buddu.

= Mutela bourguignati

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 — Graf & Cummings, 2011

+ Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 — Daget, 1998

+ Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969

= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncata von Martens, 1897 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncata von Martens, 1897 — Simpson, 1914

= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncata Martens — Kobelt, 1910

= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncata n. — Martens, 1897

 
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