NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Iridininae
  Family - Iridinidae
  Superfamily - Etherioidea
  Order - Unionoida
  Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mutela rostrata
      Species - Mutela mabilli
      Species - Mutela legumen
      Species - Mutela langi
      Species - Mutela joubini
      Species - Mutela hargeri
      Species - Mutela franci
      Species - Mutela bourguignati
      Species - Mutela alluaudi
      Species - Mutela alata
      Species - Mutela dubia
      Species - Mutela zambesiensis
      Species - Mutela soleniformis
      Species - Mutela wistarmorrisi