MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Mutela lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886

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nominal species 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 soleniformis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885 — Daget, 1998

+ Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969

+ Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885 — Leloup, 1950

= Mutela (s.s.) lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Mutela lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886 — Simpson, 1914

= Mutela (s.s.) lavigeriana Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910

= Mutela lavigeriana Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904

= Mutela lavigerina [sic] Bourguignat, 1886 — Simpson, 1900

= Mutela lavigeriana Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Mutela lavigeriana — Bourguignat, 1888

= Mutela lavigeriana sp. nov — Bourguignat, 1886

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