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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

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

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

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

Euphira Mörch, 1853

‘Gistel’ of Authors.
Mörch, 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

Mutelina Bourguignat, 1886

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

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

Platyris Haas, 1969

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

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)

Iridella Conrad, 1853

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

Utela Moore, 1898

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