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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela bourguignati

nominal species Mutela bourguignati var. smithi Martens, 1897

‘Bourguignat’ E.A. Smith, 1892, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(56): 128, pl. 12, fig. 16 [as ‘Mutela bourguignati’].
Martens, 1897, Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108810, Mbugu, Victoria Nyansa.

= Mutela bourguignati

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 — Daget, 1998
+ Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) — Haas, 1969
= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi von Martens, 1897 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi von Martens, 1897 — Simpson, 1914
= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi Martens — Kobelt, 1910
= Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi n. — Martens, 1897

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