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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae

genus Mutela Scopoli, 1777: species
     12 available nominal genus synonyms (18 total synonyms) | cladomics

Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)
syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (34)
Range: Lake Malawi and the Shiré River Basin, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Lake Albert, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (46)
Range: Lake Victoria, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)
syonymy (26 available, 36 total) | specimens (334)
Range: Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 18S, COI, COII, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela franci Daget, 1964
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (8)
Range: Known only from the middle Niger River, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Endangered A3c
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (56)
Range: Lakes Bangweulu and Mweru, upper Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela joubini (Germain, 1904)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (6)
Range: Niger and Chad basins south to the Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Endangered A3ce; B1ab(i,ii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iv)
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (12)
Range: Lower Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886)
syonymy (6 available, 8 total) | specimens (39)
Range: Malebo Pool, Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886)
syonymy (4 available, 6 total) | specimens (15)
Range: Gabon and the Congo Basin, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
syonymy (7 available, 15 total) | specimens (268 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and the Nile. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, COII
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1886
syonymy (7 available, 11 total) | specimens (18)
Range: Lake Tanganyika, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela wistarmorrisi Graf & Cummings, 2006
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (7)
Range: Known only from the Cuanza River, Angola. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (13)
Range: Cunene, Okavango and Zambezi basins, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela adami (Gautier, 1965) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela atrox (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela cummingsi (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Pliocene, Africa.
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela lepersonnei (Adam, 1959) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa

Mutela nyamaviensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2010 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Pliocene, Africa.
other links: MolluscaBase

Mutela palaeospekii (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary, brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela wasai (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

Mutela williamsoni (Van Damme & Pickford, 2010) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Pliocene, Africa.

 
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