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 vysseri Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 25, 31 [as ‘visseri’].
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 51, pl. 23, figs. 2-3.
(correct name for Mutela visseri Bourguignat, 1886)

= Mutela soleniformis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885 — Daget, 1998
+ 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 (s.s.) nilotica (Sowerby, 1835) [sic] — Simpson, 1914
= Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. vysseri Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910
= Mutela vysseri Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904
+ Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Sowerby, 1835) [sic] — Simpson, 1900
= Mutela vysseri Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889
= Mutela vysseri Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888
= Mutela visseri [sic] sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1886

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