Irus (bivalve)
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| Irus elegans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Irus Schmidt, 1818 |
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Irus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. They are found in varying marine environments worldwide. The Irus is found in the Mediterranean and Red seas to the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa.[2] The Southern hemisphere has the Irus elegans and Irus reflexus typically found in New Zealand. Most are adapted to boring into soft rock or nesting in holes on rocky reefs.[3]
Species in the genus Irus
Species recognized as of October 2021:[1]
- Irus carditoides (Lamarck, 1818)
- Irus caudex (Laws, 1936) †
- Irus crenatus (Lamarck, 1818)
- Irus cumingii (Deshayes, 1854)
- Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
- Irus exoticus (Lamarck, 1818)
- Irus interstriatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
- Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Irus ishibashianus Kuroda & Habe, 1952
- Irus macrophylla (Deshayes, 1853)
- Irus mitis (Deshayes, 1854)
- Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
- Irus vertumnalium (Melvill, 1918)
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2021). "Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?=taxdetails&id=154216
- ^ https://www.mollusca.co.nz./specieslist.php?taxa=1714