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

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)

Platyiris Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 295.
(new name for Platiris Lea, 1838)

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

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)

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
Moore, 1898, Quart. Jour. Micro. Sci. 41: 168.
(error for Mutela Scopoli, 1777)

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)

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

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

Taxonomic History (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)
Mutela — Simpson (1900), Pallary (1903), E.A. Smith (1904), E.A. Smith (1908), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2022), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)
Pseudospatha — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
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)
— de Gregorio (1914), Simpson (1914), Lévèque (1967), Haas (1969)
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)