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Species List for Genus: Irus
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Venerida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Irus (Genus)

  • Genus: Irus

  • Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
    Length 60mm, Height 36mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Burrows in soft rock
    North Island and eastern South Island, from 0-4m
  • Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
    Length 31mm, Height 24mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Intertidal, in holes in soft rock, from 0-237m
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