Marine Species Traits - Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS taxon details

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

1293499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1293499)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mutela Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Iridina angustata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Iridina nilotica G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 · unaccepted (invalid: junior objective homonym...)

invalid: junior objective homonym and synonym of Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823

Mutela angustata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mutela angustata var. curta Germain, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mutela angustata var. ponderosa Germain, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904 · unaccepted

Mutela nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) · unaccepted

Mutela nilotica var. emini E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted

Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907 · unaccepted

Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906 · unaccepted

Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli Germain, 1906 · unaccepted

Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906 · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3363 [details]

Type data

Note 'Africa media' = Central Africa

From editor or global species database

Type locality 'Africa media' = Central Africa [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile

Distribution Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and Nile [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1293499 on 2024-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-09-01 07:44:44Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3363 [details]

original description (of Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823) Cailliaud F. (1823-1827). Voyage à Méroé, au fleuve Blanc: au-delà de Fâzoql dans le midi du royaume de Sennâr, à Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis, fait dans les années 1819, 1820, 1821 et 1822. <a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1049337?rk=21459;2" target = "_blank">4 vol. text</a> + <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/60828" target = "_blank">2 vol. plates</a>. Paris, published by the author. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40045004
page(s): pl. 60, fig. 11. [details]

original description (of Iridina nilotica G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1824). Description of a new species of Iridina. Zoological Journal. 1: 53, pl. 2 [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570780 [details]

original description (of Mutela nilotica var. emini E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Beschalte Weichthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. In: Möbius, K.: Deutsch-Ostafrika. 4: i-v + 1-308. Berlin [Dietrich Reimer]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12943#/summary
page(s): 253. [details]

original description (of Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti Germain, 1906) Germain, L. (1906). Sur quelques Lamellibranches du lac Tchad rapportés par M. le lieutenant Hardelet. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 12(1): 56–58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021231
page(s): 57, text fig. 2. [details]

original description (of Pliodon (Cameronia) tchadiensis Germain, 1906) Germain, L. (1906). Sur les mollusques recueillis par M. le lieutenant Moll dans la région du lac Tchad. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 12(1): 59–61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021234
page(s): 60, text fig. 4. [details]

original description (of Pliodon (Cameronia) hardeleti var. molli Germain, 1906) Germain, L. (1906). Sur quelques Lamellibranches du lac Tchad rapportés par M. le lieutenant Hardelet. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 12(1): 56–58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021231
page(s): 58, text fig. 3. [details]

original description (of Mutela chevalieri Germain, 1904) Germain, L. (1904). Note préliminaire sur les Mollusques recuellis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le bassin du Chari. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 10: 466-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899677
page(s): 470. [details]

original description (of Mutelina falemeensis Germain, 1907) Germain, L. (1907). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 13(1): 64-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5042323
page(s): 67. [details]

original description (of Mutela angustata var. curta Germain, 1906) Germain, L. (1906). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. V. Sur les mollusques receuillis par M. le capitaine Duperthuis dans la région du Kanem (lac Tchad). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 12(3): 166-175, figs 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42891767
page(s): 175, fig. 6. [details]

original description (of Iridina angustata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1868). Monograph of the genus Iridina. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 16: pls. 1-2 and unpaginated text. L. A. Reeve, London. [stated date: Jan. 1868]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133460
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 5. [details]

original description (of Mutela angustata var. ponderosa Germain, 1906) Germain, L. (1906). Sur quelques Lamellibranches du lac Tchad rapportés par M. le lieutenant Hardelet. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 12(1): 56–58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021231
page(s): 56, fig. 1. [details]

basis of record Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]