original description(ofMutela cuneata Preston, 1910)Preston, H.B. (1910). Further additions to the molluscan fauna of Central Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 6 (31): 58-64, pl. 4-5. London. [1 July]. page(s): 62, pl. 5, fig. 13. [details]
original description(ofMutela opalescens Preston, 1910)Preston, H.B. (1910). Further additions to the molluscan fauna of Central Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 6 (31): 58-64, pl. 4-5. London. [1 July]. page(s): 62, pl. 4, fig. 12. [details]
original description(ofMutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894)Ancey, C-F. (1894). Résultat des recherches malacologiques de Mgr Lechaptois sur les bords du lac Nyassa et de la rivière Shiré. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 7: 217–234., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36340880 page(s): 233-234, fig. 8. [details]
basis of recordGraf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5 page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceGraf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online athttp://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Africa, Lake Malawi and the Shiré River Basin [details] Type locality Africa, Nyasa Lake [details]