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genus Mutela Scopoli, 1777: synonymy

14 Recent freshwater species (22 total species)

Synonymy

Euphira Mørch, 1853

‘Gistel’ of Authors.
Mørch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 28.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 506.
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 79.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 137.
(error for Eufira Gistl, 1848)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Platyris Haas, 1969

‘Agassiz’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 598.
Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 1: N464.
(error for Platyiris Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Mutela Scopoli, 1777

Adanson, 1757. Hist. Nat. Sénégal, Coquillages: 234 [as ‘le mutel’]. [pre-linnaean]
Scopoli, 1777. Intro. His. Nat., etc.: 397, no. 83.
Type species: Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791 (monotypy) = Mutela dubia

Scapha Humphrey, 1797

Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.

Iridina Lamarck, 1819

Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 88.
(renamed Eufira Gistl, 1848)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 (monotypy) = Mutela dubia

Purpurina Herrmannsen, 1852

Deshayes, 1826. Nouv. Bull. Sci. 1826: 61 [as ‘Purpurine’].
Férussac, 1826. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 9: 249 [as ‘Purpurine’].
Herrmannsen, 1852. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 116.
(homonym of d’Orbigny, 1850 [Gastro.])
Type species: Anodonta purpurea Deshayes, 1826 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1852: 116) = Mutela dubia

Platiris Lea, 1838

Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 118, 141.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10, 33.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
(renamed Platyiris Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 439) = Mutela dubia

Spatha Lea, 1838

Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 118, 141.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10, 33.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 55.
Type species: Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 (monotypy) = Mutela dubia

Calliscapha Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 380.
Type species: Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 (monotypy) = Mutela dubia

Nilotica Agassiz, 1845

‘(Sow.)’ Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 58. [nomen nudum]
‘(Sow.)’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 249.
(intro'd as syn. of Iridina Lamarck, 1819)

Platyiris Agassiz, 1846

Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 295.
(new name for Platiris Lea, 1838)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Eufira Gistl, 1848

Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: 173.
(new name for Iridina Lamarck, 1819)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Iridella Conrad, 1853

Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267. [nomen nudum]

Mutelina Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 11.
Type species: Mutela subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1886 (monotypy) = Mutela bourguignati

Utela Moore, 1898

Moore, 1898. Quart. Jour. Micro. Sci. 41: 168.
(error for Mutela Scopoli, 1777)
Type species: Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791 = Mutela dubia

Pseudomutela Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 905.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1362.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Mutela Scopoli, 1777)
Type species: Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868 (orig. desig.) = Mutela dubia

Callioscapha Modell, 1964

Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 85.
(error for Calliscapha Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 = Mutela dubia

Pteromutela Starobogatov, 1970

Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 75, 288.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Mutela Scopoli, 1777)
Type species: Mutela hargeri E.A. Smith, 1908 (orig. desig.) = Mutela hargeri

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Mutela, since 1900.

Mutela (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1904), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Mutela (Pseudomutela)Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
MutelaSimpson (1900), Pallary (1903), E.A. Smith (1904), E.A. Smith (1908), Pallary (1909), ... Wu et al. (2024), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
PseudospathaSimpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela (Mutelina)Kobelt (1904)
MutelinaGermain (1907), Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
ChelidonopsisGermain (1908), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis)Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleiodon (Cameronia)Simpson (1914)
PseudomutelaPallary (1924)
Iridina (s.s.)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
IridinaModell (1942), Graf (2000), Van Damme & Pickford (2010)
Mutela (Pteromutela)Starobogatov (1970)
PteromutelaVan Damme & Pickford (2010)