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Irus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)17755https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17755
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Irus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-Veneroidei
-VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
tribeTapetini
genusIrusSchmidt 1818
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Irusgenusbelongs to Tapetinaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Irusgenusbelongs to VeneridaeimpliedLamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Irusgenusbelongs to Veneridaestated without evidenceTodd, 2001
Irusgenusbelongs to Veneroidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Irus)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Irus)
Ecospace CommentsECOSPACE CODE: 541. LIFE HISTORY: WN/EP, MA, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Veneridae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Irus carditoides
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Irus irus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1120.4 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1818Irus Schmidt
1980Irus Vokes p. 251
1992Irus Lamprell and Whitehead p. 152
2001Irus Todd
2002Irus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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