Idas (bivalve)

For other uses, see Idas (disambiguation).

Idas
Shell of Idas cylindricus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Idas Jeffreys, 1876 [1]
Type species
Idas argenteusJeffreys, 1876
Synonyms
Adipicola (Myrinopsis)F. Nordsieck, 1969 HabepegrisF. R. Bernard, 1978 IdasolaIredale, 1915 (Unnecessary replacement name for IdasJeffreys, 1876) MiridasIredale, 1939

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

Species

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

• Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876
• Idas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Idas cristiani Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas cylindricus Pelorce & Poutiers, 2009
• Idas dalli E. A. Smith, 1885
• Idas emmae Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas filippoi Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas ghisottii Warén & Carrozza, 1990
• Idas indicus (E. A. Smith, 1904)
• Idas jaclinae Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012
• Idas japonicus (Habe, 1976)
• Idas lamellosus Verrill, 1882
• Idas macdonaldi Gustafson, R. D. Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
• Idas modiolaeformis (Sturany, 1896)
• Idas olympicus Kiel & Goedaert, 2007 †
• Idas simpsoni (J. T. Marshall, 1900)
• Idas washingtonius (Bernard, 1978)

References

1. 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

External links

• effreys, 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
• Iredale, T. (1915). Notes on the names of some British marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11(6): 329-342.
• 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