{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.419524 - Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 - Iridinidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg | image_caption = ''Mutela bourguignati'' | taxon = Mutela | authority = 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.<ref>[http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/motm/2006/06-03.html Mussel of the Month, March 2006.] The Mussel Project. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.</ref>
==Species== Species in the genus ''Mutela'' include: * ''Mutela alata'' <small>(Lea, 1864)</small> * ''Mutela bourguignati'' * ''Mutela dubia'' * ''Mutela legumen'' * ''Mutela nilotica'' * ''Mutela rostrata''
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Category:Mutela Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Bivalve genera Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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