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

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Bivalvia | ... | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886: synonymy
     46 specimens

Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 8.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown].

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignatiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela bourguignatiBloomer (1932), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)

Mutela subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 5, 17. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 12.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.

Mutela subdiaphanaSimpson (1900)
Mutelina rostrataPallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) subdiaphanaKobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrataSimpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela bourguignatiDaget (1998)

Mutela bourguignati var. smithi Martens, 1897
‘Bourguignat’ E.A. Smith, 1892. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(56): 128, pl. 12, fig. 16 [as ‘Mutela bourguignati’].
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108810, Mbugu, Victoria Nyansa.

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithiKobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Mutela bourguignati var. truncata Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255, pl. 7, fig. 17.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108812, Buddu.

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncataKobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela bourguignatiDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mutela bourguignati E.A. Smith, 1892
‘Bourguignat’ E.A. Smith, 1892. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(56): 128, pl. 12, fig. 16.
(reference to Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithiSimpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignatiSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela subdiaphanaSimpson (1900)
Mutelina rostrataPallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) subdiaphanaKobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithiKobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncataKobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrataSimpson (1914)
Mutela bourguignatiBloomer (1932), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)

 
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