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freshwater mussels
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela rostrata
nominal species Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa Pallary, 1924
Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa Pallary, 1924 = Mutela rostrata
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 13.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924)
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Daget, 1998: 147.
+ Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969: 581.
= Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa Pallary — Pallary, 1924: 53, pl. 4, fig. 13.
