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Mutela

Mutela is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Iridinidae. Species in this genus have actual siphons, rather than unfused apertures, as do most other freshwater mussels.

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Mutela
Mutela bourguignati
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Iridinidae
Genus: Mutela
Scopoli, 1777

Mutela is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Iridinidae. Species in this genus have actual siphons, rather than unfused apertures, as do most other freshwater mussels.1

Species

Species in the genus Mutela include:

  • Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)
  • Mutela bourguignati
  • Mutela dubia
  • Mutela legumen
  • Mutela nilotica
  • Mutela rostrata
References

References

  1. Mussel of the Month, March 2006. The Mussel Project. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.