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Mutela dubia  (Gmelin, 1791)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 983901

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791
  
    Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819
  
    Iridina elongata Sowerby, 1821
  
    Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823
  
    Iridina striata Swainson, 1823
  
    Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825
  
    Mutela oudnoei Koenig, 1826
  
    Iridina mutel Rang, 1835
  
    Spatha plicata Martens, 1866
  
    Iridina angustata Sowerby, 1868
  
    Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868
  
    Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904
  
    Pliodon hardeleti Germain, 1906
  
    Pliodon tchadiensis Germain, 1906
  
    Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907
  
    Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924
  
    Mutela garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
  
    Mutela voltae Odei, 1974
  
    Mutela nilotica emini Martens, 1897
  
    Mutela angustata curta Germain, 1906
  
    Pliodon hardeleti molli Germain, 1906
  
    Mutela angustata ponderosa Germain, 1906
  
    Mutelina mabillei frasi Germain, 1907
  
    Mutela angustata grisea Germain, 1917
  
    Mutela garambae praetenuis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyEtherioidea Deshayes, 1830  
                               FamilyIridinidae Swainson, 1840  
                                  SubfamilyIridininae Swainson, 1840  
                                     GenusMutela Scopoli, 1777  
                                        SpeciesMutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)  
       

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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Mutela dubia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Daget, J.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue raisonné des Mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains   
  Page(s): 329   
  Publisher: Backhuys Publishers   
  Publication Place: Leiden, The Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 90-73348-98-6   
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  Reference for: Mutela dubia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4   
  Page(s): 291-314   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0260-1230   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029   
  Reference for: Mutela dubia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hydrobiologia, vol. 678, no. 1   
  Page(s): 17-36   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0018-8158   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5   
  Reference for: Mutela dubia   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile  
 

 

    

 
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