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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 hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908: nominal species
     56 specimens available.

Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908
E.A. Smith, 1908, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 8: 14, text fig.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1907-11-11-55, Lake Mweru.

Mutela hargeri — E.A. Smith (1908), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), ..., Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)
Mutela (s.s.) hargeri — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela hargeri hargeri — Mandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela (s.s.) hargeri hargeri — Haas (1969)
Mutela (Pteromutela) hargeri — Starobogatov (1970)

Mutela hargeri schomburgki Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 98, pl. 8, figs. 3a-e.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_9552, Nordende des Bangweolo See, bei Nsombo, N. Rhodesien.

Mutela hargeri schomburgki — Haas (1936), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela (s.s.) hargeri schomburgki — Haas (1969)
Mutela hargeri — IUCN (2010)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mutela hargeri — E.A. Smith (1908), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), ..., Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)
Mutela (s.s.) hargeri — Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mutela hargeri schomburgki — Haas (1936), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela hargeri hargeri — Mandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998)
Mutela (s.s.) hargeri hargeri — Haas (1969)
Mutela (s.s.) hargeri schomburgki — Haas (1969)
Mutela (Pteromutela) hargeri — Starobogatov (1970)

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