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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae

subfamily IRIDININAE Swainson, 1840: cladomics
     3 genera

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 17 (30 total)
number of subtaxa (rank: genus) = 3
analyzed in 53 cladograms in 29 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 3 (mean = 1.38, median = 1)
maximum number of subtaxa (genus) = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 16
maximum number of included terminals = 3, (mean = 2.25 median = 2)
maximum number of subtaxa (genus) = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1

Pairwise Cladogram Clustering

The graphs below depict in two dimensions all pair-wise ingroup distances within the cladome. See the Cladmoics FARQ for more information.

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

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Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4

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Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3

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Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2

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Hoeh et al., 2001 [Publ 2652], fig. 14f4

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Hoeh et al., 2001 [Publ 2652], fig. 14f2

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Walker et al., 2006 [Publ 2666], fig. 6

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Roe & Hoeh, 2003 [Publ 2655], fig. 4f3

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Bogan & Hoeh, 2000 [Publ 2650], fig. 1

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Roe & Hoeh, 2003 [Publ 2655], fig. 4f2

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Hoeh et al., 2002 [Publ 2653], fig. 2

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Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 3

  +-- Chambardia
  |             
--+-- Aspatharia
  |             
  +-- Mutela **    

Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024 [Publ 4459], fig. 6

  +-- Mutela **       
--+                
  +-- Aspathariinae

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 5

  +-- Mutela **       
--+                
  +-- Aspathariinae

Hoeh et al., 2009 [Publ 2716], fig. 4

  +-- Mutela **       
--+                
  +-- Aspathariinae

Graf & Cummings, 2006 [Publ 1968], fig. 2

  +-- Aspathariinae
--+                
  +-- Mutela **       

Guerra et al., 2017 [Publ 3772], fig. 2a

-- Mutela_dubia **

Wu et al., 2022 [Publ 4238], fig. 3

-- Mutela_dubia **

Combosch et al., 2017 [Publ 3806], fig. 1

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 4

-- Mutela_dubia **

Hoeh et al., 1998 [Publ 2695], fig. 3

-- Mutela_rostrata **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-BI

-- Mutela_dubia **

Huang et al., 2018 [Publ 3828], fig. 6

-- Mutela_dubia **

Whelan et al., 2011 [Publ 3380], fig. 1-ML

-- Mutela_rostrata **

Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. S1

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000 [Publ 2648], fig. 2A

-- Mutela_rostrata **

Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. 3

-- Mutela_dubia **

Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 3

-- Mutela_dubia **

Hoeh et al., 1998 [Publ 2695], fig. 4

-- Mutela_rostrata **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-aa

-- Mutela_dubia **

Guerra et al., 2017 [Publ 3772], fig. 2b

-- Mutela_dubia **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 2

-- Mutela_dubia **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 3

-- Mutela_dubia **

Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000 [Publ 2648], fig. 2B

-- Mutela_rostrata **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 3

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8a_S1

-- Mutela_dubia **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-nt

-- Mutela_dubia **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 3_5

-- Mutela_dubia **

Whelan et al., 2011 [Publ 3380], fig. 1-MP

-- Mutela_rostrata **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-ML

-- Mutela_dubia **

Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. 2

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4448], fig. 3

-- Mutela_dubia **

Huang et al., 2018 [Publ 3828], fig. 3_5

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Lopes-Lima et al., 2018 [Publ 3829], fig. 1

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Guerra et al., 2019 [Publ 4168], fig. 1

-- Mutela_dubia **

Lopes-Lima et al., 2017 [Publ 3745], fig. 1-2

-- Mutela_rostrata **

Combosch et al., 2017 [Publ 3806], fig. 2

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Graf, 2000 [Publ 2647], fig. 1

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Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 4

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8b_S2

-- Mutela_dubia **

Wu et al., 2019 [Publ 3864], fig. 3

-- Mutela_dubia **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 2

-- Mutela_hargeri **

Lopes-Lima et al., 2018 [Publ 3829], fig. 3

-- Mutela_hargeri **