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Irus
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Irus

Irus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cuming's Boring-Venus

speciesIrus cumingii

Irus Venus

speciesIrus irus

Boring Venus Shell

speciesIrus crenatus

Twisted Venus

speciesIrus reflexus

White Irus

speciesIrus carditoides

Irus griseus

speciesIrus griseus

Irus elegans

speciesIrus elegans

Irus mitis

speciesIrus mitis

Shining Boring Venerid

speciesIrus interstriatus

Irus ishibashianus

speciesIrus ishibashianus

Irus macrophylla

speciesIrus macrophylla

Irus vertumnalium

speciesIrus vertumnalium

Irus exoticus

speciesIrus exoticus

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Irus in The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise

Alfred Russel Wallace · 1869 · p.304

Irus in Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.337

Irus in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 32)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 32)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.122

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 370629.