WoRMS taxon details
Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 141917
AphiaID: 141917
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Irus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cuneus foliatus da Costa, 1778 Donax irus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Irus macrophylla (Deshayes, 1853) Irus macrophyllus (Deshayes, 1853) Notirus irus (Linnaeus, 1758) Notirus macrophyllus (Deshayes, 1853) Tellina cornubiensis Pennant, 1777 Venerupis attenuata G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 Venerupis chinensis Deshayes, 1854 Venerupis derelicta Deshayes, 1854 Venerupis digona Deshayes, 1854 Venerupis irusianus Locard, 1892 Venerupis macrophylla Deshayes, 1853 Venerupis multicostata Turton, 1932 Venerupis pulcherrima Deshayes, 1854 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research.
Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
[details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 199 [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy (from synonym): Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Little, C.; Morritt, D.; Seaward, D.R.; Williams, G.A. (1989). Distribution of intertidal molluscs in lagoonal shingle (The Fleet, Dorset, U.K.). J. Conch., Lond. 33: 225-232 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Angola [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Djerba [details] Dorset (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Hammamet Gulf [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kerkennah Islands [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Melloulech [details] Morocco [details] North Coast of Tunisia [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Skhira [details] South West Coast of Apulia [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tunis Lagoon [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Africa [details] Zarzis [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
suspension feeder [details]
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| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141917 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2013). Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141917 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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