Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Modiolidae > Subfamily Bathymodiolinae > Genus Idas

Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Idas*	Jeffreys, 1876	accepted genus name
*Adipicola (Myrinopsis)*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Idasola*	Iredale, 1915	synonym

Species group names

*Idas argentea*	Jeffreys, 1876	synonym

Literature

original description	Jeffreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Pecten, Mytilus and Arca families, procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 18: 424-436 [novembre].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Ockelmann K. & Dinesen G. (2011). Life on wood - the carnivorous deep-sea mussel Idas argenteus (Bathymodiolinae, Mytilidae, Bivalvia). Marine Biology Research. 7(1): 71-84.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140454