Irus elegans

Taxobox
name = "Irus elegans"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
subordo = Cephalaspidea
superfamilia = Veneroidea
familia = Veneridae
genus = "Irus"
species = "I. elegans"
binomial = "Irus elegans"
binomial_authority = (Deshayes, 1854)

"Irus elegans" is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae.

Distribution

"Irus elegans" is endemic to New Zealand.

Habitat

This bivalve is found in holes bored in soft rock or mudstone by other bivalves.

Description

"Irus elegans" has a long angular shell with sharp ridges.

Coloration is grey to pale brown.

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