MUSSELpdb

(error for Eufira Gistl, 1848)
‘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.
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Platyris Haas, 1969

(error for Platyiris Agassiz, 1846)
‘Agassiz’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 598.
Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 1: N464.
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

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

Purpurina Herrmannsen, 1852

(homonym of d’Orbigny, 1850 [Gastro.])
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.
Type species: Anodonta purpurea Deshayes, 1826 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1852: 116) = Mutela dubia

Platiris Lea, 1838

(renamed Platyiris Agassiz, 1846)
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 118, 141.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10, 33.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
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

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

Platyiris Agassiz, 1846

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

Eufira Gistl, 1848

(new name for Iridina Lamarck, 1819)
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: 173.
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

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

Pseudomutela Simpson, 1900

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

Callioscapha Modell, 1964

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

Pteromutela Starobogatov, 1970

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Mutela Scopoli, 1777)
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 75, 288.
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)
Pseudospatha — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Mutela — Pallary (1903), E.A. Smith (1904), E.A. Smith (1908), Pallary (1909), Pallary (1909), ... Wu et al. (2024), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Mutela (Mutelina) — Kobelt (1904)
Mutelina — Germain (1907), Pallary (1909), Pallary (1924)
Chelidonopsis — Germain (1908), Simpson (1914)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis) — Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleiodon (Cameronia) — Simpson (1914)
Pseudomutela — Pallary (1924)
Iridina (s.s.) — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Iridina — Modell (1942), Graf (2000), Van Damme & Pickford (2010)
Mutela (Pteromutela) — Starobogatov (1970)
Pteromutela — Van Damme & Pickford (2010)