OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Irus (Irus) crenatus (Lamarck, 1818)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Notirus crenatus auct.
Venerupis crenata Lamarck, 1818
Venerupis brevis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Cypricardia serrata Reeve, 1843
Common Name
Boring Venus shell p.335 Allan, J. 1950.
Crenated Boring Venerid p.355 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Society Islands (Iles de la Societe): Tahiti
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Marquesas (Iles Marquises)
Keywords
eCode: estuarine [ in estuarine mud
]
habit: boring, infaunal
habitat: rocks [ boring in rocks
]
substrate: mud [ boring in soft mud
]
References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.261-2 Secondary source
Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. p.85 Secondary source
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.23 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.152 General reference
McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.44 Biology and ecology
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Tapetinae Fischer, 1887
Irus Schmidt, 1818
Irus (Irus) Schmidt, 1818
Irus (Irus) crenatus (Lamarck, 1818)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18211) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-30.