Mutela alata

{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Van Damme, D. |date=2018 |title=Mutela alata |volume=2018 |page=e.T44272A120110416 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44272A120110416.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Mutela

| species = alata

| authority = (Lea, 1864)

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Mutela alata is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Iridinidae. It is endemic to Malawi, where it is known from only five locations in Lake Malawi and the Shire River.