Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791
Adanson, 1757, Hist. Nat. Sénégal, Coquillages: 234, pl. 17, fig. 21 [as ‘le mutel’]. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3363, sp. 56.
(renamed Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_UNCATALOGED, “lacs d’eau douce de l’intérieur du Sénégal”.

Mytilus dubius — Gmelin (1791), Dillwyn (1817), Wood (1825)
Anodonta dubia — Bosc (1801)
Anodonta adansonii — Gray (1825)
Margarita (Dipsas) plicatus — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Iridina nilotica — Lea (1836), Sowerby (1868)
Platiris (Spatha) nilotica — Lea (1838)
Unio bialata — Hanley (1843)
Platiris (Spatha) dubia — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Mutela dubia — Mörch (1853), Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), Franc (1949), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)
Mutela dubius — Adams & Adams (1857), Lévèque (1967), Kenmuir (1980)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Fischer (1887), Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Iridina dubius — Ancey (1888)
Mutela nilotica — Westerlund (1890)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823
Cailliaud, 1823, Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 11.
Sowerby, 1824, Zool. Jour. 1: 53, pl. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0280, Bahr Yousef, Egypte.

Iridina nilotica — Cailliaud (1823), Wood (1828), Lea (1834), Lea (1836), Hanley (1843), Sowerby (1868)
Iridina exotica — Deshayes (1832)
Platiris (Spatha) nilotica — Lea (1838), Sowerby (1839)
Calliscapha nilotica — Swainson (1840)
Platiris (Spatha) dubia — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Mutela (Calliscapha) nilotica — Adams & Adams (1857), Martens (1897)
Spatha (Mutela) nilotica — Martens (1866)
Mutela nilotica — Jickeli (1874), Servain (1890), Westerlund (1890), Pallary (1903), Pallary (1909), Haas (1929), Graf (2000)
Mutela exotica — E.A. Smith (1880), E.A. Smith (1881), E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela (Mutelina) nilotica — Kobelt (1904)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Mutela nilotica var. emini Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897, Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 253.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823)
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_108807, Kassenye, Albert Nyanza.

Mutela nilotica var. emini — Martens (1897)
Mutela (Calliscapha) nilotica var. emini — Martens (1897)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. emini — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) emini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela dubia var. emini — Franc (1949)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Mutela dubia emini — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Mutela (s.s.) garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927, Bull. AMNH 53: 431, pl. 40, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMNH_72067, Middle Garambe River, Belgian Congo (Zaire), Africa.

Mutela (s.s.) garambae — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Mutela dubia garambae — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797, Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 204, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 89, sp. 1.

Iridina exotica — Lamarck (1819), Children (1823), Bory de St. Vincent (1827), Deshayes (1832), ..., Bourguignat (1886), Ancey (1888), Modell (1942), Graf (2000)
Anodonta exotica — Blainville (1825)
Anodontes exotica — Griffith & Pidgeon (1834)
Platiris (Iridina) exotica — Lea (1838), Sowerby (1839), Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Iridina striata — Swainson (1840)
Mutela dubia — Mörch (1853), Van Damme (1984)
Mutela exotica — E.A. Smith (1880), E.A. Smith (1881), Fischer (1887), E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Iridina (s.s.) exotica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia var. exotica — Franc (1949)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 17.
Type(s): UNKNOWN UMMZ_111999, Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt.

Mutelina singularis — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) singularis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Mutela singularis — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Scapha elongata Humphrey, 1797
Humphrey, 1797, Mus. Col.: 59. [nomen nudum]

Scapha elongata — Humphrey (1797)

Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821, Genera of Shells 2: 40, pl. 90.
Sowerby, 1839, Conch. Man.: 54, fig. 150.

Iridina elongata — Sowerby & Sowerby (1821), Wood (1828), Sowerby (1839), Swainson (1840), Hanley (1843), Sowerby (1868)
Iridina exotica — Lea (1836)
Platiris (Spatha) elongata — Lea (1838)
Platiris (Iridina) exotica — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Mutela exotica — E.A. Smith (1881), E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. elongata — Kobelt (1910)
Iridina (s.s.) exotica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Iridina striata Swainson, 1823
Swainson, 1823, Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 112.
Oken, 1834, Isis (Oken) 27(5): 458.

Iridina striata — Swainson (1823), Swainson (1840)
Iridina exotica — Lea (1836)
Platiris (Iridina) exotica — Lea (1838), Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Iridina (s.s.) exotica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825, Ann. Phil. 9: 138.
(new name for Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791)

Anodonta adansonii — Gray (1825)
Mutela dubia — Mörch (1853)

Anodonta purpurea Deshayes, 1826
Deshayes, 1826, Nouv. Bull. Sci. 1826: 61.
Férussac, 1826, Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 9: 250.

Anodonta purpurea — Deshayes (1826)

Mutela oudnoei Koenig, 1826
Koenig, 1826, [in] Denham & Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, Appendix: 254.

Mutela oudnoei — Koenig (1826)
Platiris (Spatha) nilotica — Lea (1838)
Platiris (Spatha) dubia — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Iridina nilotica — Sowerby (1868)
Mutela (s.s.) oudnoei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)

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.

Iridina mutel — Rang (1835)
Iridina exotica — Deshayes (1832)
Platiris (Spatha) nilotica — Lea (1838)
Platiris (Spatha) dubia — Lea (1852)
Mutela mutel — Jousseaume (1886)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)

Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866
‘Parr.’ Martens, 1866, Malak. Blatt. 13: 10.
(intro'd as syn of Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823)

Spatha cailliaudi — Martens (1866)
Spatha (Mutela) nilotica — Martens (1866)
Mutela nilotica — Jickeli (1874)

Spatha (Mutela) plicata Martens, 1866
‘Parreyss in collect.’ Martens, 1866, Malak. Blatt. 13: 10.

Spatha (Mutela) plicata — Martens (1866)
Mutela plicata — Jickeli (1874), Servain (1890), Westerlund (1890), Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) plicata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868
Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 2, sp. 5.

Iridina angustata — Sowerby (1868)
Platiris (Spatha) dubia — Lea (1870)
Mutela angustata — Jickeli (1874), Servain (1890), Westerlund (1890)
Mutela (s.s.) angustata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela nilotica var. angustata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929)
Mutela dubia var. angustata — Franc (1949)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868
‘Gray?, MS” Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 2, sp. 3.
(homonym of Spatha (Mutela) plicata Martens, 1866)
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME BMNH_46-7-24-18, Syene, Egypt.

Mycetopus plicatus — Sowerby (1868)
Platiris (Mycetopus) plicatus — Lea (1870)
Mutela plicata — Jickeli (1874), Pallary (1909), Pallary (1909)
Mutela (Pseudomutela) plicata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela nilotica — Pallary (1903)
Pseudomutela plicata — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) plicata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Daget (1998)

Mutela adansoni Jousseaume, 1886
‘Bourguignat’ Jousseaume, 1886, Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 488.
(reference to Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825)

Mutela adansoni — Jousseaume (1886)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)

Mutela chambardi Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutela chambardi — Servain (1890)

Mutela conica Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutela conica — Servain (1890)

Mutela letourneuxi Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutela letourneuxi — Servain (1890)

Mutela saulcyi Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutela saulcyi — Servain (1890)

Mutela elongata Morgan, 1897
‘Sowerby’ Morgan, 1897, Recherch. origin. Egypte II: 99.
(reference to Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821)

Mutela elongata — Morgan (1897)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Daget (1998)

Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904
Germain, 1904, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 469.
Germain, 1907, L’Afrique Centrale Française: 566, lithograph, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0203, Haut Oubangui.

Mutela chevalieri — Germain (1904)
Mutela (s.s.) chevalieri — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Mutela angustata var. curta Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 174.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0197, Lac Tchad.

Mutela angustata var. curta — Germain (1906)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia var. curta — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) angustata var. curta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

Mutela angustata var. ponderosa Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 56, Abb. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0292, Lac Chad.

Mutela angustata var. ponderosa — Germain (1906)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia var. ponderosa — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) angustata var. ponderosa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)

Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 57, fig. 2.

Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti — Germain (1906)
Pleiodon (Cameronia) hardeleti — Simpson (1914)
Iridina (s.s.) hardeleti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iridina (s.s.) exotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 60, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0301, Lac Tchad.

Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis — Germain (1906)
Pleiodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis — Simpson (1914)
Iridina (s.s.) tchadiensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iridina (s.s.) exotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia — Van Damme (1984), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 58, Abb. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0225, Lac Tchad.

Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli — Germain (1906)
Pleiodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli — Simpson (1914)
Iridina (s.s.) hardeleti var. molli — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iridina (s.s.) exotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)

Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 67.
Germain, 1907, L’Afrique Centrale Française: 569, fig. 96.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0245, Fleuve Faleme, Senegal.

Mutelina falemeensis — Germain (1907)
Mutela (s.s.) falemeensis — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)
Mutela dubia — Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mutelina mabillei [sic] var. frasi Germain, 1907
Germain, 1907, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 68.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886)

Mutelina mabillei var. frasi — Germain (1907)
Mutelina mabillei variété frasi — Germain (1907)
Mutela (s.s.) mabilli var. frasi — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)

Mutela angustata mut. grisea Germain, 1917
Germain, 1917, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 23: 520.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868)

Mutela angustata mut. grisea — Germain (1917)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)

Mutela (s.s.) garambae praetenuis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927, Bull. AMNH 53: 432, pl. 40, fig. 3 [as ‘prætenuis’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela (s.s.) garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMNH_72066, Aba River, Africa.

Mutela (s.s.) garambae praetenuis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela dubia garambae — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Iridina tschadiensis Jaeckel, 1972
‘Germain’ Jaeckel, 1972, Zeitschr. f. Geomorphol. 16: 225.
(error for Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906)

Iridina tschadiensis — Jaeckel (1972)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)

Mutela voltae Odei, 1974
Odei, 1974, Rev. Zool. Afr. 88(2): 446, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): PARATYPES MRAC_799163, Ghana: lac Volta, Zikpo.

Mutela voltae — Odei (1974)
Mutela dubia dubia — Daget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) angustata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (Pseudomutela) plicata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. emini — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela nilotica — Pallary (1903), Pallary (1909), Haas (1929), Graf (2000)
Mutela exotica — E.A. Smith (1904)
Mutela (Mutelina) nilotica — Kobelt (1904)
Mutela chevalieri — Germain (1904)
Mutela angustata var. curta — Germain (1906)
Mutela angustata var. ponderosa — Germain (1906)
Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti — Germain (1906)
Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis — Germain (1906)
Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli — Germain (1906)
Mutelina falemeensis — Germain (1907)
Mutelina mabillei var. frasi — Germain (1907)
Mutelina mabillei variété frasi — Germain (1907)
Mutela plicata — Pallary (1909), Pallary (1909)
Mutela nilotica var. angustata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) exotica var. elongata — Kobelt (1910)
Mutela (s.s.) chevalieri — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia var. curta — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia var. ponderosa — Simpson (1914)
Pleiodon (Cameronia) hardeleti — Simpson (1914)
Pleiodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis — Simpson (1914)
Pleiodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli — Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) falemeensis — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) mabilli var. frasi — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela angustata mut. grisea — Germain (1917)
Pseudomutela plicata — Pallary (1924)
Mutelina singularis — Pallary (1924)
Iridina (s.s.) exotica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) oudnoei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) plicata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) emini — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) angustata var. curta — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) angustata var. ponderosa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iridina (s.s.) hardeleti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iridina (s.s.) tchadiensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Iridina (s.s.) hardeleti var. molli — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) singularis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) garambae — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) garambae praetenuis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela dubia — Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), Franc (1949), Appleton (1979), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)
Iridina exotica — Modell (1942), Graf (2000)
Mutela dubia var. exotica — Franc (1949)
Mutela dubia var. angustata — Franc (1949)
Mutela dubia var. emini — Franc (1949)
Mutela dubius — Lévèque (1967), Kenmuir (1980)
Iridina tschadiensis — Jaeckel (1972)
Mutela voltae — Odei (1974)
Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Mutela dubia dubia — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Mutela dubia nilotica — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia emini — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia garambae — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela singularis — Ibrahim et al. (1999)