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Publication Odei (1974): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Odei, M.A. 1974. A new species, Mutela voltae, from the Volta Lake in Ghana. Revue Zoologique Africaine 88(2): 445-449.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mutela voltae Odei, 1974
Odei, 1974. Rev. Zool. Afr. 88(2): 446, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): PARATYPES MRAC_799163, Ghana: lac Volta, Zikpo.

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