Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Tapetinae > Genus Irus

Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Donax Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Irus*	F. C. Schmidt, 1818	accepted genus name
*Irus (Irus)*	F. C. Schmidt, 1818	synonym
*Irus (Notopaphia)*	W. R. B. Oliver, 1923	synonym
*Notopaphia*	W. R. B. Oliver, 1923	synonym

Species group names

*Cuneus foliatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Pectunculus truncatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Tellina cornubiensis*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Venerupis irus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Venerupis irus var. barrensis*	De Gregorio, 1889	synonym
*Venerupis irus var. bicolor*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venerupis irus var. crebrilamellata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venerupis irus var. flava*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venerupis irus var. geographica*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym
*Venerupis irus var. rosea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venerupis irus var. tricolor*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venerupis irusianus*	Locard, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: irus clam sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Irusmuschel

Literature

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	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
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	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
additional source	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
additional source	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. (2012). Diversity of bivalve molluscs in the St Lucia estuary, with an annotated and illustrated checklist. African Invertebrates. 53(2): 503–525.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:141917