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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela dubia

nominal species Iridina mutel Rang, 1835

Adanson, 1757, Hist. Nat. Sénégal, Coquillages: 234, pl. 17, fig. 21 [as ‘le mutel’]. [pre-linnaean]
Rang, 1835, Nouv. Ann. Mus. 4(3): 314.

= Mutela dubia

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Daget, 1998
+ Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Haas, 1969
+ Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Mutela mutel — Jousseaume, 1886
+ Platiris (Spatha) dubia (Gmel.) — Lea, 1852
+ Platiris (Spatha) nilotica Lea — Lea, 1838
+ Iridina exotica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832

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