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 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.

= Mutela dubia

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
= Mutela dubia nilotica — IUCN, 2010
= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Mutela nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Graf, 2000
= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Ibrahim et al., 1999
= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Daget, 1998
= Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Van Damme, 1984
= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969
- NO OPINION — Lévèque, 1967
= Mutela nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1929
= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Sowerby, 1835) [sic] — Simpson, 1914
= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica Sow. — Kobelt, 1910
= Mutela nilotica (Férussac) Sowerby — Pallary, 1909
= Mutela (Mutelina) nilotica Fér. — Kobelt, 1904
+ Mutela exotica (Lamarck) — E.A. Smith, 1904
= Mutela nilotica Férussac — Pallary, 1903
= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Sowerby, 1835) [sic] — Simpson, 1900
= Mutela (Calliscapha) nilotica (Férussac in Cailliaud, 1823) — Martens, 1897
= Mutela nilotica Fér. — Westerlund, 1890
= Mutela nilotica de Férussac — Servain, 1890
+ Mutela exotica (Lamarck) — E.A. Smith, 1881
+ Mutela exotica Lamarck — E.A. Smith, 1880
= Mutela nilotica Fér. — Jickeli, 1874
+ Platiris (Spatha) dubia (Gmel.) — Lea, 1870
= Iridina nilotica Sowerby — Sowerby, 1868
= Spatha (Mutela) nilotica Fer. — Martens, 1866
= Mutela (Calliscapha) nilotica “Ferus. and Sow.” — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Platiris (Spatha) dubia (Gmel.) — Lea, 1852
= Iridina nilotica Ferrusac & Sow. — Hanley, 1843
= Calliscapha nilotica Sow. — Swainson, 1840
= Platiris (Spatha) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Sowerby, 1839
= Platiris (Spatha) nilotica Lea — Lea, 1838
= Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 — Lea, 1836
= Iridina nilotica Cailliaud — Lea, 1834
+ Iridina exotica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832
= Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 — Wood, 1828

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