Mutela dubia ( Gmelin, 1791 )

Schultheiss, Roland, Ndeo, Oscar Wembo, Malikwisha, Meni, Marek, Carina, Bössneck, Ulrich & Albrecht, Christian, 2011, Freshwater molluscs of the Eastern Congo: notes on taxonomy, biogeography and conservation, African Invertebrates 52 (2), pp. 265-284 : 276

Mutela dubia ( Gmelin, 1791)

Fig. 3A

Mutel: Adanson 1757: 234, pl. 17, fig. 21. (Pre-Linnaean; type locality: “dans les lacs d’eau douce”, Senegal)

Mytilus dubius: Gmelin 1791: 3363 . (Type locality: as given by Adanson 1757)

Taxonomic remarks: To our knowledge this species has not been reported from L. Edward in the literature, but specimens from that locality are deposited in various museum collections (e.g., Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 164951; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Nos 172816 & 171875; see http:// mussel-project.ua.edu, accessed 10 September 2011). Mandahl-Barth (1988) divided the species into four geographical subspecies of which our specimens resembles M. d. emini (Martens, 1897). However, this subspecies is reported to be endemic to L. Albert (Mandahl-Barth 1988).

Habitat description: The specimens were collected at the intersection of L. Edward and the Semliki R. by local fishermen close to our original locality 4.

Collecting site: 4.

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern ( Graf et al. 2009).