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Species List for Genus: Irus
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Venerida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Irus (Genus)
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  • Genus: Irus

  • Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
    Length 60mm, Height 36mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Burrows in soft rock
    North Island and eastern South Island
    ACF
  • Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
    Length 31mm, Height 24mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Intertidal, in holes in soft rock
    ACFM
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil