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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886): synonymy
     39 specimens

Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886
Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 6.
(renamed Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_5701, Gancini (Congo).

Mutela legumenSimpson (1900), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrataSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886
Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 6.
(renamed Mutelina rostrata mode incurvata Germain, 1907)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_5702, Gancini (Congo).

Mutela thottoni [sic]Simpson (1900)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrataSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela legumenGraf & Cummings (2006)

Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898
Putzeys, 1898. Ann. Soc. Roy. Malac. Belgique 33: 25, fig. 16.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MRAC_58622, Stanley Pool; Leopoldville.

Pseudospatha leopoldvillensis [sic]Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910)
Pseudospatha carreiSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) carreiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela carreiFranc (1949), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela legumenGraf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Burtonia leopoldvillensis Simpson, 1900
‘Putzeys’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 577.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
(error for Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898)

Pseudospatha carreiSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) carreiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela carreiDaget (1998)
Mutela legumenGraf & Cummings (2006)

Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 568.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835; new name for Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886; homonym of Iridina elongata G.B. Sowerby, 1821)

Mutela rostrataDaget (1998)
Mutela legumenGraf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010)

Mutelina rostrata mode incurvata Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 568.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835; new name for Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886)

Mutela rostrataDaget (1998)
Mutela legumenGraf & Cummings (2006)

Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908
Germain, 1908. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 14: 161, figs. 31, 33.
Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 4-34, figs. 1, 4, 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0293, bord du fleuve Congo, Brazzaville.

Chelidonopsis roubaudiGermain (1908), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) roubaudiKobelt (1910)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) carreiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundoHaas (1969)
Mutela carreiMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela legumenGraf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010)

Mutelina thottoni Simpson, 1900
‘Rochebrune’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 906.
(error for Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886)

Mutela (s.s.) rostrataSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataDaget (1998)
Mutela legumenGraf & Cummings (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela legumenSimpson (1900), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela thottoni [sic]Simpson (1900)
Pseudospatha leopoldvillensis [sic]Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910)
Chelidonopsis roubaudiGermain (1908), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) roubaudiKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrataSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Pseudospatha carreiSimpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) carreiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela carreiFranc (1949), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela (s.s.) dubiaHaas (1969)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundoHaas (1969)
Mutela rostrataVan Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999)

 
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