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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 soleniformis Bourguignat, 1886: synonymy
     18 specimens

Iridina exotica E.A. Smith, 1880
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 292.
E.A. Smith, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6(2): 101.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948. Mém. Inst. Royal Colonial Belge: 52.
(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)

Mutela exoticaE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformisLeloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformisMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Mutela bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 25.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49, pl. 22, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0184, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Mutela (s.s.) exoticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela bridouxiE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. bridouxiKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela soleniformisDaget (1998)

Mutela jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 28.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 51, pl. 23, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0235, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Mutela (s.s.) niloticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela joubertiE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. joubertiKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moinetiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moinetiLeloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformisDaget (1998)

Mutela lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 26.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0218, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Mutela lavigerina [sic]Simpson (1900)
Mutela lavigerianaE.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) lavigerianaKobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformisLeloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela soleniformisDaget (1998)

Mutela moineti Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 27.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Germain, 1911. Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 211, footnote, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0287, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Mutela moinetiSimpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moinetiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moinetiLeloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela soleniformisMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Mutela monceti Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 25, 29.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0259, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Mutela moncetiE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) moncetiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moinetiLeloup (1950)
Haas (1969)
Mutela soleniformisDaget (1998)

Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 25.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49, pl. 22, fig. 2-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0304, Tanganyika.

Mutela (s.s.) exoticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela soleniformisE.A. Smith (1904), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. soleniformisKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)

Mutela visseri Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 25 [as ‘vysseri’], 31.
(incorrect original spelling of Mutela vysseri Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0314, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Mutela (s.s.) niloticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moinetiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moinetiLeloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformisDaget (1998)

Mutela vysseri Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 25, 31 [as ‘visseri’].
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 51, pl. 23, figs. 2-3.
(correct name for Mutela visseri Bourguignat, 1886)

Mutela (s.s.) niloticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela vysseriE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. vysseriKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moinetiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moinetiLeloup (1950)
Mutela soleniformisDaget (1998)

Mutela nilotica Crosse, 1881
‘Cailliaud’ Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 131.
(misidentified reference to Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823)

Mutela soleniformisDaget (1998)

Mutela lavigerina Simpson, 1900
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 906.
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1367.
(error for Mutela lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela (s.s.) exoticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela lavigerina [sic]Simpson (1900)
Mutela moinetiSimpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela exoticaE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela bridouxiE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela joubertiE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela lavigerianaE.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914)
Mutela moncetiE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela soleniformisE.A. Smith (1904), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela vysseriE.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. bridouxiKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. joubertiKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) lavigerianaKobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. soleniformisKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. vysseriKobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moinetiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) moncetiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moinetiLeloup (1950)
Haas (1969)

 
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