Mutela

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Mutela
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.419524 - Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 - Iridinidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Mutela bourguignati
Scientific classification e
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:

References

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

External links

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