WoRMS taxon details
Irus interstriatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
507713 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507713)
accepted
Species
Venerupis interstriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 · unaccepted
Venerupis iridescens Tate, 1889 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venerupis interstriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Venerupis</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 763-770, pls 164-165. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937126
page(s): 767, pl. 165 fig. 26 [details]
page(s): 767, pl. 165 fig. 26 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Irus interstriatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507713 on 2026-01-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venerupis interstriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Venerupis</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 763-770, pls 164-165. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937126
page(s): 767, pl. 165 fig. 26 [details]
original description (of Venerupis iridescens Tate, 1889) Tate, R. (1889). Description of some new species of marine Mollusca from South Australia and Victoria. <em>Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 11: 60-66, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26250311
page(s): 61 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 767, pl. 165 fig. 26 [details]
original description (of Venerupis iridescens Tate, 1889) Tate, R. (1889). Description of some new species of marine Mollusca from South Australia and Victoria. <em>Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 11: 60-66, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26250311
page(s): 61 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality