Mutela
| Mutela | |
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| Mutela bourguignati | |
Scientific classification 
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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)
References[]
- ^ Mussel of the Month, March 2006. The Mussel Project. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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- Mutela
- Bivalve genera
- Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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