Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835
Rang, 1835, Nouv. Ann. Mus. 4(3): 316.
Potiez & Michaud, 1844, Galérie Moll. at. Mus. Douai 2: 147, pl. 56, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE XXX_UNKNOWN, Senegal.

Iridina rostrata — Rang (1835)
Platiris (Spatha) cœlestis — Lea (1838)
Platiris (Spatha) cælestis — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Spatha (Mutela) rostrata — Martens (1866)
Mutela rostrata — Jickeli (1874), Westerlund (1890), Connolly (1939), Franc (1949), ..., Zieritz et al. (2015), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutelina rostrata — Jousseaume (1886), Pallary (1909)
Mutelina gracilis — Servain (1890)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)

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.

Iridina coelestis — Lea (1838)
Iridina cœlestis — Lea (1836), Sowerby (1868)
Platiris (Spatha) cœlestis — Lea (1838)
Iridina cœestis — Hanley (1843)
Platiris (Spatha) cælestis — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Mutela (Calliscapha) cœlestis — Adams & Adams (1857)
Mutela rostrata — Jickeli (1874), Westerlund (1890), Connolly (1939), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006)
Mutelina gracilis — Servain (1890)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)

Platiris (Spatha) caelestis Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 55 [as ‘cælestis’].
‘Lea’ Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89 [as ‘cælestis’].
(error for Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838)

Platiris (Spatha) caelestis — Lea (1852)

Iridina gracilis Martens, 1866
‘Parreyss in collectionibus’ Martens, 1866, Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
(intro'd as syn of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835)
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM BMNH_41-4-28-152, Nile River.

Iridina gracilis — Martens (1866)
Platiris (Spatha) dubia — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Spatha (Mutela) rostrata — Martens (1866)
Mutela rostrata — Jickeli (1874)
Mutelina gracilis — Servain (1890)

Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
Rochebrune, 1886, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 7.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_5699, Gancini (Congo).

Mutelina prasina — Rochebrune (1886)
Mutela prasina — Simpson (1900)
Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mutelina calverti Servain, 1890
‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304. [nomen nudum]

Mutelina calverti — Servain (1890)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina gracilis Servain, 1890
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304. [nomen nudum]

Mutelina gracilis — Servain (1890)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina rhynchonella Servain, 1890
‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutelina rhynchonella — Servain (1890)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina rostrata var. minor Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906, Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 239.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835)

Mutelina rostrata var. minor — Germain (1906)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina rhynchota Pallary, 1909
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909, Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 15 [as ‘M. aegyptiaca var. rhynchota].

Mutelina rhynchota — Pallary (1909)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutelina aegyptiaca var. rhynchota — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 52, pl. 4, fig. 14.
Type(s): PARATYPES BMNH_1937-12-30-13155-13156, Lower Nile River.

Mutelina aegyptiaca — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) aegyptiaca — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 13.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924)

Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)
Mutela rostrata — Daget (1998)

Mutela carrei Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948
‘Putzeys’ Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948, Mém. Inst. Royal Colonial Belge: 52, pl. 3, fig. 8.
(misidentified reference to Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898)

Mutela carrei — Dartevelle & Schwetz (1948)
Mutela rostrata — Mandahl-Barth (1968), Van Damme (1984), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela (s.s.) rostrata — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela prasina — Simpson (1900)
Mutelina rostrata var. minor — Germain (1906)
Mutelina rostrata — Pallary (1909)
Mutelina rhynchota — Pallary (1909)
Mutelina aegyptiaca var. rhynchota — Pallary (1924)
Mutelina aegyptiaca — Pallary (1924)
Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa — Pallary (1924)
Mutela (s.s.) aegyptiaca — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela nilotica — Haas (1929)
Mutela rostrata — Connolly (1939), Franc (1949), Lévèque (1967), Mandahl-Barth (1968), ..., Zieritz et al. (2015), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela carrei — Dartevelle & Schwetz (1948)
Mutela (s.s.) dubia — Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) nilotica — Haas (1969)