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Margaritiferidae

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908: specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mutela hargeri — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Combosch et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)

Range

Lakes Bangweulu and Mweru, upper Congo, Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Mutela hargeri

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Congo (DRC)

MRAC_58451 Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa	IRSNB_MP_0387 Lac Moero... Kisangi (500 m au N. de Lukonzolwa)	MRAC_58449 Lac Moero... Kisangi (N. a Lukonzolwa)
MRAC_58447 Lac Moero... Kisangi (N. de Lukonzolwa)	MRAC_58444 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa	MRAC_58448 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa
MCZ_41065 Lake Moero, between Kilwa and Kilwa Id., Belgian Congo	IRSNB_MP_0378 Luapula a Kasenga	FMNH_293191 Lukonzolwa, west side of Lac Moero, Zaire
MRAC_58445 Riv. Luapula, Kasenga	MRAC_58446 Riv. Luapula, Kashiobwe

unknown

MRAC_201224 Lac Moero	MRAC_201225 Lac Moero	MRAC_201226 Lac Moero
MRAC_201227 Lac Moero	IRSNB_MP_0639 Lac Moero	BMNH_1907-11-11-55 Lake Mweru
BMNH_1907-11-11-55 Lake Mweru

Zambia

SMF_9557 Ausfluss des Luapula aus dem Bangweolo See, bei Panta-Point, N. Rhodesien	ANSP_416242 Chambeshi River, Mbesuma Ranch Pontoon, c. 5 km W Mbesuma Ranch on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch Road, Zambia	ANSP_416242 Chambeshi River, Mbesuma Ranch Pontoon, c. 5 km W Mbesuma Ranch on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch Road, Zambia
ANSP_419709 Chambeshi River, Mbesuma Ranch Pontoon, c. 5 km W Mbesuma Ranch on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch Road, Zambia	ANSP_419702 Chambeshi River, Sawfa Pontoon, 6.3. km E Mpika-Kasama road (M1), Zambia	ANSP_419702 Chambeshi River, Sawfa Pontoon, 6.3. km E Mpika-Kasama road (M1), Zambia
USNM_602552 Chambezi River, Mbesuma Ranch, near Chinsali, N Rhodesia	USNM_602552 Chambezi River, Mbesuma Ranch, near Chinsali, N Rhodesia	USNM_602552 Chambezi River, Mbesuma Ranch, near Chinsali, N Rhodesia
USNM_603703 Chambezi River, N Rhodesia	USNM_603703 Chambezi River, N Rhodesia	USNM_603703 Chambezi River, N Rhodesia
SMF_9555 Chifumauli Lagune des Bangweolo See, bei Muando, 10 km W von Nsombo, N. Rhodesien	ANSP_416273 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Hotel, Zambia	ANSP_416275 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Hotel, Zambia
ANSP_416278 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Hotel, Zambia	ANSP_416312 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Lodge, Zambia	ANSP_416313 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Lodge, Zambia
ANSP_419412 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Lodge, Zambia	INHS_30877 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Lodge, Zambia	INHS_33668 Lake Bangweulu, Samfya at Samfya Beach Lodge, Zambia
ANSP_416248 Lake Mweru Wantipa, near Bulaya at site of non-functioning pontoon, Zambia	ANSP_416249 Lake Mweru Wantipa, near Bulaya at site of non-functioning pontoon, Zambia	ANSP_416250 Lake Mweru Wantipa, near Bulaya at site of non-functioning pontoon, Zambia
ANSP_416251 Lake Mweru Wantipa, near Kaputa, Zambia	ANSP_416252 Lake Mweru Wantipa, near Kaputa, Zambia	ANSP_416253 Lake Mweru Wantipa, near Kaputa, Zambia
ANSP_416254 Lake Mweru, Nchelenge, 900 m stretch of beach near fisheries station, Zambia	ANSP_416260 Lake Mweru, Nchelenge, in front of Mweru Water Transport Lodge, Zambia	ANSP_416258 Lake Mweru, Nchelenge, in front of Mweru Water Transport Lodge, Zambia
ANSP_416259 Lake Mweru, Nchelenge, in front of Mweru Water Transport Lodge, Zambia	MRAC_59092 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo	MRAC_59093 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo
MRAC_59095 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo	MRAC_59097 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo	MRAC_59099 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo
MRAC_59100 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo	MRAC_59101 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo	MRAC_59102 N. Rhodesia: ... Bangweolo, pres Nsombo
SMF_9551 Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien	SMF_9554 Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien	SMF_9554 Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien
SMF_9554 Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien	SMF_9553 Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien	SMF_9552 Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien
IRSNB_MP_0698 nordende des Bangweolo-Sees bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien	SMF_9556 Sudl Bangweolo See, bei der Insel Njeta, N. Rhodesien

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.