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Mutela
''Mutela'' is a genus of freshwater bivalve, freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Iridinidae. Species in this genus have actual siphon (mollusc), siphons, rather than unfused apertures, as do most other freshwater mussels.Mussel of the Month, March 2006.
The Mussel Project. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.


Species

Species in the genus ''Mutela'' include: * ''Mutela alata'' (Isaac Lea, Lea, 1864) * ''Mutela bourguignati'' * ''Mutela dubia'' * ''Mutela legumen'' * ''Mutela nilotica'' * ''Mutela rostrata''


References

Mutela, Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Bivalve genera Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli {{bivalve-stub ...
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