Idas (bivalve)

Idas
Shell of Idas cylindricus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Idas Jeffreys, 1876[1]
Type species
Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876
Synonyms
Adipicola (Myrinopsis) F. Nordsieck, 1969 Habepegris F. R. Bernard, 1978 Idasola Iredale, 1915 (Unnecessary replacement name for Idas Jeffreys, 1876) Miridas Iredale, 1939

Idas is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.

Species[]

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:^[1]

• Jeffreys, 1876
• (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Pelorce & Poutiers, 2009
• E. A. Smith, 1885
• Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Warén & Carrozza, 1990
• (E. A. Smith, 1904)
• Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• (Habe, 1976)
• Verrill, 1882
• Gustafson, R. D. Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
• (Sturany, 1896)
• Kiel & Goedaert, 2007 †
• Idas simpsoni (J. T. Marshall, 1900)
• (Bernard, 1978)

References[]

• Bernard F.R. (1978). New bivalve Mollusca, subclass Pteriomorpha, from the Northeastern Pacific. Venus. 37: 61-75
• Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer. xiii + 256 pp.
• Giusti Fr., Mietto P. & Sbrana C., 2012. Il genere Idas (Mytilidae, Bathymodiolinae) in Mediterraneo, con la descrizione di quattro nuove specie. Bollettino Malacologico, 48(2): 122-135
• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp

External links[]

• effreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Pecten, Mytilus and Arca families, procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 18: 424-436
• Iredale, T. (1915). Notes on the names of some British marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11(6): 329-342.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

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