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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909: synonymy

4 specimens

Synonymy

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Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909

Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 15: 544, pl. 8, fig. 45.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0168, Lac Albert Nyanza.

Mutela alluaudi — Simpson (1914), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) alluaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela alluaudi — Simpson (1914), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) alluaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)

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