Irus (bivalve)

Irus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

Irus
Irus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Irus Schmidt, 1818
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Irona Finlay, 1926 Irus (Irus) F. C. Schmidt, 1818 Irus (Notirus) Finlay, 1928 Irus (Notopaphia) W. R. B. Oliver, 1923 Notirus Finlay, 1928 Notopaphia W. R. B. Oliver, 1923

Species in the genus Irus

Species recognized as of October 2021:^[1]

• Irus carditoides (Lamarck, 1818)
• Irus caudex (Laws, 1936) †
• Irus crenatus (Lamarck, 1818)
• Irus cumingii (Deshayes, 1854)
• Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
• Irus exoticus (Lamarck, 1818)
• Irus interstriatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
• Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Irus ishibashianus Kuroda & Habe, 1952
• Irus macrophylla (Deshayes, 1853)
• Irus mitis (Deshayes, 1854)
• Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
• Irus vertumnalium (Melvill, 1918)