Species Irus (Irus) irus (Linneaus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Donax irus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp.
• Venerupis macrophylla Deshayes, G.P. 1853. Catalogue of the Conchifera or Bivalves Shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Veneridae, Cyprinidae and Glauconomidae. London : British Museum 292 pp. [193] [figured in {Deshayes1853A} pl. 18, fig. 8].
• Venerupis pulcherrima Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 21 for 1853: 1-11, pls 18-19 ["received from the printer” 27 June, 1854] [4, pl. 18, fig. 7].
• Venerupis chinensis Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 21 for 1853: 1-11, pls 18-19 ["received from the printer” 27 June, 1854] [4].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Chinese Sea.
• Venerupis attenuata Reeve, L.A. 1874. Monograph of the genus Scintilla. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 19. [pl. 2, fig. 7] [Sowerby in Reeve, 1874].
• Venerupis derelicta Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 21 for 1853: 1-11, pls 18-19 ["received from the printer” 27 June, 1854] [4-5].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (see CD for additional synonyms)

 

Generic Combinations

• Irus (Irus) irus (Linneaus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [154, pl. 75, fig. 597]
• Irus macrophyllus (Deshayes, 1853). —
  Sharabati, D. 1984. Red Sea Shells. London : KPI Limited 128 pp. [pl. 49, fig. 9] (Morris in Sharabati 1984; new combination)
• Notirus macrophyllus (Deshayes, 1853). —
  Mastaller, M. 1978. The marine molluscan assemblages of Port Sudan, Red Sea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 53(13): 117-144 [126,140]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Atlantic and Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Borer, coral, intertidal, marine, rocky crevices.

 

General References

Fischer-Piette, E. 1968. Contribution a la connaissance des Veneridae du Mozambique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 40(4): 784-796 [794]

Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. Revision des Tapetinae (mollusques bivalves). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A, Zoologie 71: 1-106, pls 1-16 [79]

Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 2. Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3: 489-510 [502]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [511]

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [428, 748] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [154, pl. 75, fig. 597]

Nielsen, C. 1976. Checklist of bivalves from PMBC beach and reef flat, Phuket, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 9: 3-7 [7]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [190]

Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [127-8]

Smith, E.A. 1891. On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with some remarks upon the relationship of the Molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 390–436 [394]

Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. Marine Shells of South Africa. Hartebeespoort, South Africa : Ekogilde Publishers 264 pp. [240]

Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. A taxonomic, distributional and bibliographic checklist on Hong Kong marine bivalve molluscs and research published on them from 1971-2000. pp. 259-310 in Morton, B. (ed). Perspectives on Marine Enivornmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001: Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong, October 2001 (Hong Kong Culture and Society). USA : University of Wasington Press. [288]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	VENEROIDEA	04-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED