Mutela alata

Mutela alata
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Iridinidae
Genus:	Mutela
Species:	M. alata
Binomial name
Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)

Mutela alata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Iridinidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

Source

• Kaunda, E., Magombo, Z., Kahwa, D., Mailosi, A. & Lange, C.N. 2004. Mutela alata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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