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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae

genus Mutela Scopoli, 1777: cladomics
     22 valid species

Cladomics Summary

number of species = 22

analyzed in 49 cladograms in 26 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 3, mean = 1.35

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 14
maximum number of included terminals = 3, mean = 2.21
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1.0

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.

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

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

  +----- Mutela_rostrata **
--+                     
  |  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
  +--+                  
     +-- Mutela_hargeri ** 

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

  +----- Mutela_hargeri ** 
--+                     
  |  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
  +--+                  
     +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +----- Mutela_rostrata **
--+                     
  |  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
  +--+                  
     +-- Mutela_hargeri ** 

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +-- Mutela_rostrata **
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_dubia **   

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +-- Mutela_rostrata **
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_dubia **   

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

  +-- Mutela_rostrata **
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_dubia **   

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

  +-- Mutela_dubia **   
--+                  
  +-- Mutela_rostrata **

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_rostrata

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_rostrata

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_rostrata

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_rostrata

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

-- Mutela_rostrata

Graf, 2000 [Publ 2647], fig. 1

  +-- Mutela__1 **
--+            
  +-- Mutela__2 **

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_rostrata

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_rostrata

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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

-- Mutela_hargeri

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

-- Mutela_dubia

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