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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae

genus Mutela Scopoli, 1777: species

12 available nominal genus synonyms (18 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela alata

Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)

syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (34)

Range: Lake Malawi and the Shiré River Basin, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela alluaudi

Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Lake Albert, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela bourguignati

Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886

syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (46)

Range: Lake Victoria, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela dubia

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

syonymy (26 available, 36 total) | specimens (334)

Range: Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 18S, COI, COII, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela franci

Mutela franci Daget, 1964

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (8)

Range: Known only from the middle Niger River, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Endangered A3c
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (56)

Range: Lakes Bangweulu and Mweru, upper Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela joubini

Mutela joubini (Germain, 1904)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (6)

Range: Niger and Chad basins south to the Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Endangered A3ce; B1ab(i,ii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iv)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela langi

Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (12)

Range: Lower Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela legumen

Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886)

syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (39)

Range: Malebo Pool, Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela mabilli

Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886)

syonymy (4 available, 6 total) | specimens (15)

Range: Gabon and the Congo Basin, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

syonymy (7 available, 15 total) | specimens (268 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and the Nile. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, COII
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela soleniformis

Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1886

syonymy (7 available, 11 total) | specimens (18)

Range: Lake Tanganyika, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela wistarmorrisi

Mutela wistarmorrisi Graf & Cummings, 2006

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (7)

Range: Known only from the Cuanza River, Angola. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Mutela zambesiensis

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (13)

Range: Cunene, Okavango and Zambezi basins, Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela adami (Gautier, 1965) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela atrox (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela cummingsi (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela lepersonnei (Adam, 1959) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa

Mutela nyamaviensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2010 (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela palaeospekii (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary, brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela wasai (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela williamsoni (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Pliocene, Africa.

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