Irus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Irus Schmidt, 1818 |
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Species in the genus Irus
editSpecies 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)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2021). "Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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