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Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Irus (Genus)
> reflexus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Irus (Irus) Schmidt, 1818 accepted, alternate representation
=Irus (Notirus) Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
=Irus (Notopaphia) W.R.B. Oliver, 1923 accepted, alternate representation
=Notirus Finlay, 1928
=Notopaphia W.R.B. Oliver, 1923
Synonymised Names:
=Irus (Notirus) reflexus (Gray, 1843) accepted, alternate representation
=Venerupis reflexa Gray, 1843
=Venerupis siliqua Deshayes, 1854
=Venerupis tumida G.B. Sowerby II, 1854
Images: Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
Found in holes in soft mud, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 27mm. © rights reserved
Found in holes in soft mud, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 27mm. © rights reserved
Lives in the old borings of Pholads. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Irus (Genus)
> reflexus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Irus (Irus) Schmidt, 1818 accepted, alternate representation
=Irus (Notirus) Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
=Irus (Notopaphia) W.R.B. Oliver, 1923 accepted, alternate representation
=Notirus Finlay, 1928
=Notopaphia W.R.B. Oliver, 1923
Synonymised Names:
=Irus (Notirus) reflexus (Gray, 1843) accepted, alternate representation
=Venerupis reflexa Gray, 1843
=Venerupis siliqua Deshayes, 1854
=Venerupis tumida G.B. Sowerby II, 1854
Details: Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Length 31mm, Height 24mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Intertidal, in holes in soft rock, from 0-237m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Stevenson, A.G. Nov/2004 Collecting Rock Borers in New Zealand, Cookia, 16 (p.27)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.425)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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