Irus (bivalve)

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Irus
Irus elegans.JPG
Irus elegans
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Irus
Schmidt, 1818
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Irona Finlay, 1926
  • Irus (Irus) F. C. Schmidt, 1818
  • Irus (Notirus) Finlay, 1928
  • Irus (Notopaphia) W. R. B. Oliver, 1923
  • Notirus Finlay, 1928
  • Notopaphia W. R. B. Oliver, 1923

Irus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

Species in the genus Irus[]

Species recognized as of October 2021:[1]

  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • (Laws, 1936) †
  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • (Deshayes, 1854)
  • Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
  • Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Kuroda & Habe, 1952
  • (Deshayes, 1853)
  • (Deshayes, 1854)
  • Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
  • (Melvill, 1918)

References[]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2021). "Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 October 2021.


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