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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)
> elegans (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 (Notopaphia) elegans (Deshayes, 1854) accepted, alternate representation
=Notopaphia elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
=Venerupis elegans Deshayes, 1854
Images: Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
Found burrowing in soft rock, Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Auckland, NZ. 35mm. © rights reserved
Found burrowing in soft rock, Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Auckland, NZ. 35mm. © 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)
> elegans (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 (Notopaphia) elegans (Deshayes, 1854) accepted, alternate representation
=Notopaphia elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
=Venerupis elegans Deshayes, 1854
Details: Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Length 60mm, Height 36mm
Distribution:
North Island and eastern South Island, from 0-4m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Burrows in soft rock
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References and Publications
  • 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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