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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela dubia
nominal species Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819
Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 204, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 89, sp. 1.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Iridina exotica Lam., 1819 — Graf, 2000: 15.
+ Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Daget, 1998: 136.
+ Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 57, 82, 90.
+ Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Van Damme, 1984: 72, fig. 100.
= Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Haas, 1969: 598.
= Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Haas, 1969: N464, fig. D55:4.
= Mutela dubia var. exotica Lamarck — Franc, 1949: 178, fig. 7.
= Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Modell, 1942: 176.
= Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck — Thiele, 1934: 843, [1282].
= Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 440.
= Mutela (s.s.) exotica (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914: 1352.
= Mutela (s.s.) exotica Lam. — Kobelt, 1910: 86.
= Mutela (s.s.) exotica Lam. — Kobelt, 1904: 140.
= Mutela exotica (Lamarck) — E.A. Smith, 1904: 101.
= Mutela (s.s.) exotica (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900: 903.
= Iridina exotica Lam. — Ancey, 1888: 75.
= Mutela exotica (Lamarck) — Fischer, 1886: 1004, pl. 18, fig. 5.
= Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Bourguignat, 1886: 10.
= Mutela exotica (Lamarck) — E.A. Smith, 1881: 296.
= Mutela exotica Lamarck — E.A. Smith, 1880: 350.
= Iridina exotica — Woodward, 1871: 435, pl. 18, fig. 5.
= Platiris (Iridina) exotica (Lam.) — Lea, 1870: 88.
= Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 1, sp. 2.
+ Mutela dubia (Gm.) — Mørch, 1853: 49.
= Platiris (Iridina) exotica (Lam.) — Lea, 1852: 54.
= Iridina exotica Lam. — Hanley, 1843: 225.
+ Iridina striata Sw. — Swainson, 1840: 380.
= Platiris (Iridina) exotica (Lamarck, 1819) — Sowerby, 1839: 84.
= Platiris (Iridina) exotica Lam. — Lea, 1838: 33.
= Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 — Lea, 1836: 56.
= Iridina exotica — Jay, 1835: 18.
= Iridina exotica Lamarck — Lea, 1834: 94.
= Anodontes exotica Encyc. Method. — Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834: 106.
= Iridina exotica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832: 319.
= Iridina exotica (Lamarck, 1819) — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827: 147, pl. 204, fig. 1.
= Anodonta exotica — Blainville, 1825: 538, pl. 66, fig. 2 [3].
= Iridina exotica Lamarck — Children, 1823: 27, pl. 1 [2], fig. 72.
= Iridina exotica — Lamarck, 1819: 89.
