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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791): specimens
     36 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Mutela dubiaGraf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Van Damme et al. (2010), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)
Mutela dubia dubiaGraf & Cummings (2007)
Mutela dubia niloticaGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia eminiGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Mutela dubia garambaeGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)

Range: Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Benin

specimen
MNHN_MP_0606

Dahomey: Cercle de Zagnanado sur les rives du bas Ouémé à [Asuandjitomé]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0583

Kotonou

specimen
MNHN_MP_0585

Kotonou

specimen
MNHN_MP_0592

pres Zagnanado, Dahomey

specimen
MNHN_MP_0602

Zananado, bords de l’Oueme, Dahomey

specimen
MNHN_MP_0607

Dahomey, cercle de Zagnanado, sur les rivieres du Bas Oueme a Dogba

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0423

Lagune de Kotomou

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0425

Lagune de Kotomou

 

Cameroon

specimen
MNHN_MP_0587

Nono, riv. Wuri

specimen
MNHN_MP_0601

Lac Ossa

specimen
BMNH_1911-10-27-3

River Logone, South of Lake Chad


Central African Republic

specimen
MNHN_MP_0203

Haut Oubangui

specimen
MNHN_MP_0542

affluent de la Kémo at de la Comi (trib Oubangi - Congo)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0589

Mamoun (Chari)


Chad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0197

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0238

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0225

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0292

Lac Chad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0301

Lac Tchad

specimen
UMMZ_248788

Chari River, sand bar in river, at J’D’jamena, Republic of Chad

specimen
SMF_12248_01

Muse Elu (Lere See), Benue Gebiet

specimen
MNHN_MP_0593

Fort Lamy, Chari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0608

Parc National de Zakouma, Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0611

Lac Tchad, Baga Sola

specimen
MNHN_MP_0612_01

Lac Tchad (Bol)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0613

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0614

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0615

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0617

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0618

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0619

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0620

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0616

Lac Tchad (nord)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0622

Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0624

Baga Sola, Lac Tchad

specimen
MNHN_MP_0625

Mayo Kebi près e Lére (Tchad)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0626

Le Bas Chari

specimen
MNHN_MP_0628

Lac Tchad, Baga Sola

specimen
MNHN_MP_0631

Samia (lac Tchad)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0632

Fort Lamy, lac Tchad, dans le Chari

specimen
BMNH_1932-2-8-64-67

Lake Chad

specimen
BMNH_1923-3-6-15

Lake Chad, Sudan

specimen
MRAC_798073

Lac Tchad: Fort Lamy

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0529

Lac Tchad...


Congo (Brazzaville)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0749

Oubanghi (bas)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0579

L’Oubangui

 

Congo (DRC)

specimen
MRAC_59259

Lac Albert Mahagi

specimen
MRAC_483032

Lac Albert Kasenyi

specimen
ZMB_108807

Kassenye, Albert Nyanza

specimen
ZMB_112993

Albert See, Kassenji

specimen
ZMB_108808

Undussuma, ... Albert Nyansa

specimen
ANSP_134051

Garamba River, Belgian Congo

specimen
ANSP_133858

W shore of L. Albert

specimen
MRAC_58433

Lac Albert Mahagi Port

specimen
MRAC_58436

Lac Albert Mahagi Port

specimen
MRAC_58440

Lac Albert Kasenyi

specimen
MRAC_58443

Garamba

specimen
MRAC_58931

Lac Albert Mahagi Port

specimen
AMNH_72066

Aba River, Africa

specimen
AMNH_72067

Middle Garambe River, Belgian Congo (Zaire), Africa

specimen
ZMB_MP_0392

Kassenge, SW Albert Nyansa

specimen
MCZ_172816

Lake Edward, Ishango, Belgian Congo

specimen
MCZ_41064

Lake Albert, Mahagi, Belgian Congo

specimen
MCZ_171875

Lake Edward, N shore, Kasindi, Belgian Congo

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0679

Nsendwe, Congo Belge

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0680

Nsendwe, Haut-Lualaba, Congo Belge

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0696

Kasenga Luapula, Congo Belge

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0706

Lac Edouard Isango, Congo Belge

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0726

Nsendwe, Congo Belge [This doesn’t look like anything from the Congo]

 

Côte d'Ivoire

specimen
MNHN_MP_0597

Côte d’Ivoire, river Bagoe pres de Kouto, (bassin de Niger)

   

Egypt

specimen
USNM_126439

[Nile R.], Nubia, Africa

specimen
USNM_126956B

R. Nile, Egypt

specimen
USNM_160045

Syene, Upper Egypt

specimen
UF_93228

Egypt

specimen
MNHN_MP_0280

Bahr Yousef, Egypte

specimen
USNM_86783

Nile R., Egypt

specimen
UF_270738

Nile River, North of Alexandria, Egypt

specimen
AMNH_30889

Nile River, Egypt

specimen
AMNH_31288

River Nile, Egypt

specimen
DMNH_120068

Nile River, Egypt

specimen
ZMB_35201

Bahr el Jussuf

specimen
ANSP_403518

Nile River, Maadi, about 10 km south of Cairo, Egypt; 29 58- -N, 031 15 --E

specimen
ANSP_146183

Mahmoudich Canal, Africa

specimen
ANSP_149616

Nile River, Egypt

specimen
UMMZ_111998

Darde, nr Asswan, Egypt

specimen
UMMZ_111999

Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt

specimen
UMMZ_46010

Nile River, Egypt

specimen
UMMZ_111981

The Nile, Egypt

specimen
UMMZ_111982

Port Said

specimen
MRAC_58572

Egypte: le Nil

specimen
SMF_83009

Debod, Egypten

specimen
SMF_83008

Nilufer Insel, Elephantine yegenub. Assuan

specimen
SMF_12253

Ob. Egypten [Upper Egypt]

specimen
SMF_12257

Egypten, Africa

specimen
SMF_83007

Debod, Egypten

specimen
SMF_319638

Nil bei Luxor, Egypten

specimen
SMF_12256

Bahr el Karum, bei El Fayum, U. Eg.

specimen
SMF_12250_02

Mahmudie-Kanal, bei Alexandrien

specimen
SMF_319215

Abu Simbel, shore of Lake Nassar, Aegypten

specimen
MRAC_59008

Egypte: Canal Mahmoudieh

specimen
MCZ_156706

Nile River, Egypt

specimen
MNHN_MP_0594

canal, Ismallia

specimen
MNHN_MP_0595

canal, d’Ismallia (Egypte)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0598

canal, Ismalia

specimen
MNHN_MP_0612_02

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_0623

The Nile, Egypt

specimen
MNHN_MP_0629

Le Nil, Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_0630

Egypte

specimen
MNHN_MP_0633

Nil, Egypt

specimen
MNHN_MP_0634

Ismalia

specimen
MNHN_MP_0635

Ismailia canal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0636

du canal St. Joseph, Egypte, Nil

specimen
AMNH_292216

River Nile, Egypt

specimen
BMNH_MP_211

Bahr el Faraomijeh

specimen
UMMZ_111984

Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt

specimen
UMMZ_57494

Lake Karum, Karanis, Fayum District, Egypt

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0375

Canal Ismaileh (eau douce) a Ismailia

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0389

Alexandrie

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0391

Ismaila dans le canal d’eau douce Ismailia

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0392

Ismailia dans le canal d’eau douce Ismailieh

specimen
MCZ_60131

Nile River, Egypt

specimen
MCZ_134061

Suez at Port Said, Egypt

specimen
BMNH_46-7-24-18

Syene, Egypt

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0642

Canal Mahmoudieh, Egypte

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0694

Ismaila

   

BMNH_46-7-24-19 Syene, Egypt


Gambia

specimen
MNHN_MP_0534

Gambie

   

Ghana

specimen
MRAC_799163

Ghana: lac Volta, Zikpo

specimen
MRAC_799164

Ghana: lac Volta, Zikpo

specimen
MRAC_799165

Ghana: lac Volta, Kabutey

specimen
MRAC_799166

Ghana: lac Volta, Agogovi Kope

   

Kenya

specimen
BMNH_1904-7-17-5

Lake Rudolf

   

Mali

specimen
MNHN_MP_0512

Haut Senegal, Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0586

Bamako (canal)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0588

Bamakou, Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0591

Yiri Madio (Niger)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0605

Niger, pres d’ Mopti

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0395

Koulikoro Niger


Morocco

specimen
MNHN_MP_0582

Maroc

   

Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0580

Gourao

specimen
MNHN_MP_0584

Gourao

specimen
MNHN_MP_0609

Gourao (Niger)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0610

Gourao (Niger)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0627

Ténéré

 

Nigeria

specimen
ZMB_17668

Niger Maschel bei Rabba

specimen
BMNH_1905-1-30-9-12

N. Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_904-5-19-1-5

The Dago at Zungeru, Northern Nigeria

specimen
BMNH_1949-12-7-2

Niger River, Lokoja, Nigeria

specimen
MCZ_40868

Wudil, Kano, Northern Nigeria

 

Senegal

specimen
CM_61.1541

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0245

Fleuve Faleme, Senegal

specimen
AMNH_31291

Senegal

specimen
AMNH_61950

Senegal

specimen
AMNH_31290

Senegal

specimen
DMNH_172993

Senegal

specimen
DMNH_173146

Senegal

specimen
ZMB_112998

Senegal

specimen
ZMB_112989

Senegal

specimen
MRAC_57575

Senegal

specimen
MRAC_57576

Senegal

specimen
UMMZ_111977

Senegambia, West Africa

specimen
MRAC_58424

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0523

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0525

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0531

Pambélé sur de Sénégal (Afrique occidentale)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0533

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0535

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0537

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0539

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0543

de al Faleme.... confluent dans le Sénégal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0544

Senegal

specimen
MNHN_MP_0599

Faleme, Senegal

specimen
AMNH_30887

Senegal

specimen
BMNH_MP_188

Senegal

specimen
BMNH_40-2-22-21

Senegal

specimen
BMNH_MP_258

Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0377

Senegal

specimen
MCZ_171542

Senegal, French West Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0634

Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0677

Senegal

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0688

Senegal

 

Sudan

specimen
BMNH_MP_380

mouth of the White Nile

specimen
BMNH_MP_385

mouth of the White Nile

specimen
USNM_215180

White Nile, Gordon Tree, above Khartoum

specimen
ZMB_53587

Fachoda

specimen
ZMB_37440

Sennaar

specimen
UMMZ_248936

Swampy area North of Kosti bridge, White Nile River, Sudan

specimen
UMMZ_248935

Swampy bank of White Nile of Kosti, Sudan & across from Aba Is.

specimen
UMMZ_111993

Fachoda, Anglo Egyptian Sudan

specimen
UMMZ_111988

Upper Nile, Africa

specimen
UMMZ_108020

River Nile, between Rejat and Nimula, Sudan, East Africa

specimen
MRAC_58425

Embouchure du Nil Blanc

specimen
SMF_12254

Fachoda

specimen
SMF_12251

Sudan

specimen
SMF_993

Lakadivia-Insel, Bahr-el-Abiad [Bahr al Abyad = White Nile] [Sudan]

specimen
SMF_319214

N Sudan

specimen
MNHN_MP_0673

Nil Blanc

specimen
MNHN_MP_0675

Nil Blanc

specimen
MNHN_MP_0676

Nil Blanc

specimen
MNHN_MP_0677

Nil Blanc

specimen
MNHN_MP_0678

Nil Blanc

specimen
MNHN_MP_0679

Sennar

specimen
MNHN_MP_0682

Soudan Anglo Egyptien

specimen
MNHN_MP_0683

Soudan Anglo Egyptien

specimen
MNHN_MP_0684

Sennar

specimen
MNHN_MP_0685

Nil Blanc

specimen
MNHN_MP_0689

Fleuve Blanc

specimen
BMNH_MP_196

south of Melut

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-1161

White Nile, Khartum, S. Sudan

specimen
BMNH_MP_198

Gebel En

specimen
BMNH_MP_179

Masran Is.

specimen
BMNH_MP_186

Masran Island

specimen
BMNH_MP_190

Gebel Ahmed Agha

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-1142

Gebel Ahmed Agha

specimen
BMNH_1923-6-8-1157-1160

near Mogran, S. Sudan

specimen
MRAC_799133

Soudan: rive gauche du Nil a Eyzumar pres du Village de Tabo Northern Prov.

specimen
MRAC_97730

Soudan: Bahr el Abiad, Khor Adar

specimen
MRAC_97746

Soudan: Bahr el Abiad, Aradiba

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0371

Fachoda

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0390

riv. SE du lac Tchad entre Bol et le confluent du Bahr el Gazal

specimen
MCZ_88900

Lol River, Nyanlel, Equitoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

specimen
MCZ_75736

Gel River, between Rumbek and Tonj, Equitoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

 

Uganda

specimen
USNM_215182

Albert Nyanza, Butiaba

specimen
USNM_215183

Rhino Camp, L. Enclave

specimen
USNM_606826

Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda

specimen
ANSP_164951

Lake Edward, Butiaba, Africa

specimen
ANSP_348827

Stand of Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda; 1.48 N; 31.21 E

specimen
UMMZ_111985

Lake Albert, British Uganda, Africa

specimen
UMMZ_67728

Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda, East Africa

specimen
UMMZ_108021

Masindi, between L. Albert and Victoria, Africa

specimen
SMF_12249

Kioga See, zw Victoria und Albert See, O. Afrika

specimen
MCZ_260519

Lake Victoria, Queen Elizabeth Park, Uganda

specimen
MNHN_MP_0687

lac albert, Kaiso (Afrique Orientale)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0688

Uganda

specimen
BMNH_1940-7-31-1-3

Lake Albert, Butiaba

specimen
BMNH_MP_191

Lake Albert, Ugandan shore, between Kibro and Tonya

specimen
BMNH_1930-12-3-365-367

Uganda

specimen
BMNH_MP_174

Tonia, Albert Nyanza

specimen
MCZ_53506

Kioga, lake between Lake Albert and Lake Victoria, Uganda

specimen
MCZ_175081

Lake Albert, Butiaba, Uganda

specimen
MCZ_139758

Lake Albert, Bugungu, near Butiaba, Uganda

   

unknown

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0757

Afrique Tropicale

specimen
UF_93193

Nile River

specimen
USNM_25683

River Nile

specimen
MRAC_275691

Mabaqi, presque’ile Tunduru

specimen
USNM_86775

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MRAC_406727

Lac Edward

specimen
AMNH_61953

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
DMNH_56407

Le Nil (Nile River)

specimen
ZMB_112995

Albert Eduard See

specimen
ZMB_112994

Albert Eduard See

specimen
ZMB_112992

Afrika

specimen
ZMB_112987

Land

specimen
ZMB_112997

Afrika

specimen
ZMB_9617

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
ZMB_112974

Mion

specimen
ZMB_111982

Afrika

specimen
ZMB_111981

Mbugu, Victoria Nyansa

specimen
ZMB_109093

Ituri [this is presumably from Lake Albert]

specimen
ANSP_125479

W. Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111975

West Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111986_02

Tropical Africa

specimen
UMMZ_23171

Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111973

Africa

specimen
ANSP_9059

River Nile

specimen
ANSP_129951

River Nile

specimen
UMMZ_111976

The Nile

specimen
UMMZ_22892

Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111979

The Nile, Africa

specimen
FMNH_3259

Africa

specimen
MRAC_58423

Africale

specimen
MRAC_58427

West Africa

specimen
MRAC_58428

Africa

specimen
MNHN_MP_0715

Niger

specimen
MRAC_58557

Le Nil

specimen
MRAC_58571

Le Nil

specimen
SMF_12252

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
SMF_12247

Nil in Nubien

specimen
SMF_319216

Viktoria-See, Tansania [Lake Victoria, Tanzania]

specimen
SMF_12255

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0577

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0578

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0590

Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0596

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0600

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0603

Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0604

Niger

specimen
MNHN_MP_0637

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0638

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0639

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0640

Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0674

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0686

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0722

Le Nil

specimen
MRAC_614283

Lac Edouard, plage de Berra

specimen
BMNH_1901-8-16-24

Albert Nyanza, British Central Africa

specimen
BMNH_MP_201

Africa

specimen
BMNH_MP_202

Africa

specimen
BMNH_MP_177

Nile River

specimen
AMNH_30890

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MRAC_783612

Lac Edward

specimen
BMNH_46-7-24-15-16

Nile River

specimen
BMNH_1900-7-17-304

Nile River

specimen
BMNH_MP_165

Lake Albert

specimen
BMNH_MP_173

Nile River

specimen
BMNH_MP_219

Africa

specimen
BMNH_MP_217

Africa

specimen
BMNH_1901-8-16-13

Albert Nyanza

specimen
BMNH_46-4-24-17

Egypt & Senegal

specimen
BMNH_MP_205

Nile River

specimen
BMNH_MP_199

Egypt & Senegal

specimen
AMNH_30888

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0340

Lac Albert

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0366

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0369

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0370

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0372

[locality illegible]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0385

Victoria See Uganda

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0386

Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0398

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0400

Nil

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0418

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MCZ_72825

Lake Edward, Uganda

specimen
ANSP_41818

Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0459_02

Afrique Tropicale

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0630

Le Nil

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0631

Nil

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0636

Nil

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0678

Afrique Tropicale

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0682

Nil

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0690

Nil

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0693

[no locality available - Africa]

   

UMMZ_195669

UMMZ_84195

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