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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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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