Idas (bivalve)

Idas
Shell of Idas cylindricus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Huber, Markus (2010). "Idas Jeffreys, 1876". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  • Bernard F.R. (1978). New bivalve Mollusca, subclass Pteriomorpha, from the Northeastern Pacific. Venus. 37: 61-75
  • Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer. xiii + 256 pp.
  • Giusti Fr., Mietto P. & Sbrana C., 2012. Il genere Idas (Mytilidae, Bathymodiolinae) in Mediterraneo, con la descrizione di quattro nuove specie. Bollettino Malacologico, 48(2): 122–135
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp
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