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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela rostrata

nominal species Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 57 [as ‘cœlestis’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 82, pl. 22, fig. 70 [as ‘cœlestis’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86785, Africa.

= Mutela rostrata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Ibrahim et al., 1999
+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Daget, 1998
+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Van Damme, 1984
+ Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) — Haas, 1969
+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Connolly, 1939
+ Mutela (s.s.) rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Mutela (s.s.) rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Mutelina rostrata Rang — Pallary, 1909
+ Mutela (s.s.) rostrata (Rang, 1835) — Simpson, 1900
+ Mutela rostrata Rang — Westerlund, 1890
+ Mutelina gracilis de Parreyss — Servain, 1890
+ Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1841) — Jickeli, 1874
= Platiris (Spatha) cælestis [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Iridina cœlestis Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868
= Mutela (Calliscapha) cœlestis (Lea) — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Platiris (Spatha) cælestis [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Iridina cœestis Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Platiris (Spatha) cœlestis Lea — Lea, 1838
= Iridina cœlestis Lea, 1838 — Lea, 1836

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