Idas (bivalve)

For other uses, see Idas (disambiguation).

Idas is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.

Idas
Shell of Idas cylindricus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Idas Jeffreys, 1876[1]
Type species
Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876
Synonyms
Adipicola (Myrinopsis) F. Nordsieck, 1969 Habepegris F. R. Bernard, 1978 Idasola Iredale, 1915 (Unnecessary replacement name for Idas Jeffreys, 1876) Miridas Iredale, 1939

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:^[1]

• Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876
• Idas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Idas cristiani Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas cylindricus Pelorce & Poutiers, 2009
• Idas dalli E. A. Smith, 1885
• Idas emmae Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas filippoi Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas ghisottii Warén & Carrozza, 1990
• Idas indicus (E. A. Smith, 1904)
• Idas jaclinae Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas japonicus (Habe, 1976)
• Idas lamellosus Verrill, 1882
• Idas macdonaldi Gustafson, R. D. Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
• Idas modiolaeformis (Sturany, 1896)
• Idas olympicus Kiel & Goedaert, 2007 †
• Idas simpsoni (J. T. Marshall, 1900)
• Idas washingtonius (Bernard, 1978)