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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela alata (Lea, 1864): nominal species
     34 specimens available.

Spatha alata Lea, 1864
Lea, 1864, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 35 [39], pl. 12, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86776, Lake Nyasa, Af.

Spatha alataLea (1864), Lea (1866), E.A. Smith (1877), E.A. Smith (1880)
Anodon alatusSowerby (1870)
Platiris (Spatha) alataLea (1870)
Burtonia alataBourguignat (1889)
Mutela elataServain (1890)
Mutela alataAncey (1894), Appleton (1979), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (Calliscapha) alataMartens (1897)
Mutela (s.s.) alataSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela alata alataCrowley et al. (1964)

Mutela elata Servain, 1890
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Servain, 1890, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303.
Brown, 1978, Biogeogr. Ecol. S. Africa: 1173.
(error for Spatha alata Lea, 1864)

Mutela elataServain (1890)
Mutela alataDaget (1998)

Mutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894
Ancey, 1894, Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 233, fig. 8.

Mutela simpsoniAncey (1894)
Mutela (Calliscapha) alata var. simpsoniMartens (1897)
Mutela (s.s.) simpsoniSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela alata simpsoniCrowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela alataMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Mutela cuneata Preston, 1910
Preston, 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 62, pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): TYPE MRAC_58556, Riv Shire.

Mutela cuneataPreston (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela alata simpsoniCrowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela alataMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Mutela opalescens Preston, 1910
Preston, 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 62, pl. 4, fig. 12.
Type(s): TYPE MRAC_58554, Riv. Shire a 3-4 km du Lac Nyassa.

Mutela opalescensPreston (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) opalescensPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela alata simpsoniCrowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela alataMandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela (s.s.) alataSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) simpsoniSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela cuneataPreston (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela opalescensPreston (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (s.s.) opalescensPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela alata alataCrowley et al. (1964)
Mutela alata simpsoniCrowley et al. (1964)
Mutela (s.s.) niloticaHaas (1969)
Mutela alataAppleton (1979), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

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