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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela soleniformis

nominal species Mutela moineti Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 24, 27.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 49.
Germain, 1911, Doc. Scientif. Miss. Tilho 2: 211, footnote, pl. 3, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0287, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

= Mutela soleniformis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885 — Daget, 1998
+ Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885 — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969
= Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti Bourguignat, 1886 — Leloup, 1950
= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moineti Bourguignat, 1886 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Mutela moineti Bourguignat, 1886 — Simpson, 1914
= Mutela moineti Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904
= Mutela moineti Bourguignat, 1886 — Simpson, 1900
= Mutela moineti Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889
= Mutela moineti — Bourguignat, 1888
= Mutela moineti sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1886

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