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 Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela species Mutela alata (Lea, 1864): specimens4 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)
 Recent Taxonomic OpinionsMutela alata — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) RangeLake Malawi and the Shiré River Basin, Africa. Map of Georeferenced Specimens
 Malawi|  IRSNB_MP_0368
 Karonga Nyassa
 |  IRSNB_MP_0531
 Karonga, Lac Nyassa
 |  IRSNB_MP_0533
 Karonga, Lac Nyassa
 |  |  BMNH_1910-9-28-9
 Karonga, Victoria Nyassa
 |  IRSNB_MP_0530
 Lac Nyassa
 |  MRAC_58429
 Lac Nyassa
 |  |  MRAC_97405
 Lac Nyassa
 |  FMNH_293189
 Lake Malawi, 12 mi NW Malembo
 |  USNM_709149
 Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi
 |  |  USNM_709149
 Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi
 |  USNM_709149
 Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi
 |  USNM_709149
 Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi
 |  |  MCZ_288393
 Lake Malombe, NE shore, Upper Shire River, Malawi
 |  MCZ_184997
 Lake Malombe, W shore, Kausi Village, Fort Johnston District, Nyasaland
 |  BMNH_1909-3-11-2
 Lake Nyasa
 |  |  USNM_86776
 Lake Nyasa, Af.
 |  USNM_86776
 Lake Nyasa, Af.
 |  MCZ_184998
 Lake Nyasa, Mtimbuka, S end, Nyasaland
 |  |  MCZ_185000
 Lake Nyasa, Mtimbuka, S end, Nyasaland
 |  BMNH_62-9-25-4
 Lake Nyassa
 |  BMNH_62-9-25-4
 Lake Nyassa
 |  |  ANSP_125471
 Lake Nyassa, Africa
 |  ANSP_41822
 Lake Nyassa, Africa
 |  BMNH_MP_362
 Lake Nyassa, Central Africa
 |  |  UMMZ_111965
 Lake Nyassa, East Africa
 |  MCZ_184999
 Lake Nyassa, W shore at Mnema, Makanjila, Dowa District, Nyasaland
 |  BMNH_MP_212
 Lake Nyassa, Zambisi
 |  |  MCZ_288389
 Machemba, south shore of Lake Nyassa, Malawi
 |  MCZ_288391
 Machemba, south shore of Lake Nyassa, Malawi
 |  MRAC_800665
 Malawi: Chintheche, Lake Malawi
 |  |  MRAC_796904
 Malawi: Lake Malawi Monkey Bay
 |  ZMB_111983
 Nyassa See
 |  AMNH_105365
 Nyassaland, East Africa
 |  |  MRAC_793216
 Nyassaland: Lac Nyassa Karonga
 |  MRAC_793218
 Nyassaland: Lac Nyassa, Kota Kota, Leeward side, Sunga Spit
 |  MRAC_58556
 Riv Shire
 |  |  MRAC_58556
 Riv Shire
 |  MRAC_58554
 Riv. Shire a 3-4 km du Lac Nyassa
 |  MRAC_58554
 Riv. Shire a 3-4 km du Lac Nyassa
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