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.Mussel of the Month, March 2006. The Mussel Project. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Species Species in the genus Mutela include: Mutela alata (Lea, 1864) Mutela bourguignati Mutela dubia Mutela legumen Mutela nilotica Mutela rostrata
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