Species Irus (Notirus) interstriatus (Sowerby, 1854)
Shining Boring Venerid
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Venerupis interstriatus Adams, A in Sowerby, G.B. 1854. Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [sp.17, 74].
- Venerupis iridescens Tate, R. 1889. Descriptions of some new species of marine Mollusca from South Australia and Victoria. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 11: 60-66, pl. 11 [Date published April] [61, pl. 2, fig. 10].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.12850, Kangaroo Island, SA.
Generic Combinations
- Irus (Notirus) interstriatus (Sowerby, 1854). —
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. [429] - Tapes iridescens (Tate, 1889). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [23]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, rocky crevices, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Also in algal hold fasts
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [262]
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. [429, 749] (also on CD)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [23]
Kerslake, J. 1957. An addition to the New South Wales check list of Mollusca. Marine Zoologist 5 1: 112 [112]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [156, pl. 76, fig. 609] (as Venerupis iridescens Tate, 1889)
Common Name References
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [355] (Shining Boring Venerid)
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 | 20-Oct-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 19-Oct-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | 04-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED |