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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 alata (Lea, 1864): synonymy
34 specimens Spatha alata Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 35 [39], pl. 12, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86776, Lake Nyasa, Af.
Mutela (s.s.) alata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela alata alata — Crowley et al. (1964)
Mutela alata — Appleton (1979), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) | |
Mutela elata Servain, 1890
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303.
Brown, 1978. Biogeogr. Ecol. S. Africa: 1173.
(error for Spatha alata Lea, 1864)
Mutela alata — Daget (1998) | |
Mutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894
 Ancey, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 233, fig. 8.
Mutela (s.s.) simpsoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela alata simpsoni — Crowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela alata — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Mutela cuneata Preston, 1910
  Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 62, pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): TYPE MRAC_58556, Riv Shire.
Mutela cuneata — Simpson (1914)
Mutela alata simpsoni — Crowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela alata — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Mutela opalescens Preston, 1910
  Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 62, pl. 4, fig. 12.
Type(s): TYPE MRAC_58554, Riv. Shire a 3-4 km du Lac Nyassa.
Mutela opalescens — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) opalescens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela alata simpsoni — Crowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela alata — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Mutela (s.s.) alata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) simpsoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela cuneata — Simpson (1914)
Mutela opalescens — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) opalescens — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela alata alata — Crowley et al. (1964)
Mutela alata simpsoni — Crowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela alata — Appleton (1979), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
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