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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae
3 genera
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138.Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 261, 286-287, 380.Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.Type genus: Iridina Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197 [as ‘Muteladae’].Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 505.Ortmann, 1911. Nautilus 24(9): 129.Type genus: Mutela Scopoli, 1777 = Mutela
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.Type genus: Spatha Lea, 1838 = Mutela
Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 342 [as ‘Pliodontidae’].Pain & Woodward, 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 8: 5.Type genus: Pleiodon Conrad, 1834 = Pleiodon
Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.Type genus: Mutela Scopoli, 1777 = Mutela
