''Idas'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of saltwater clams, marine

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the family

Mytilidae The Mytilidae are a family (biology), family of small to large Marine life, marine and Brackish water, brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order (biology), order Mytilida. One of the genera, ''Limnoperna fortunei, Limnoperna'', even inhabits f ...

, the mussels.

Species

The

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lists the following species: * '' Idas argenteus'' Jeffreys, 1876 * '' Idas coppingeri'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) * '' Idas cristiani'' Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012 * '' Idas cylindricus'' Pelorce & Poutiers, 2009 * '' Idas dalli'' E. A. Smith, 1885 * ''

Idas emmae In Greek mythology, Idas (; ), was a Messenian prince. He was one of the Argonauts, a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and contender with the gods. Idas was described as keen and spirited.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'14/ref> Family Idas ...

'' Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012 * '' Idas filippoi'' Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012 * '' Idas ghisottii'' Warén & Carrozza, 1990 * '' Idas indicus'' (E. A. Smith, 1904) * ''

Idas jaclinae In Greek mythology, Idas (; ), was a Messenian prince. He was one of the Argonauts, a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and contender with the gods. Idas was described as keen and spirited.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'14/ref> Family Idas ...

'' Giusti, Mietto & Sbrana, 2012 * ''

Idas japonicus In Greek mythology, Idas (; ), was a Messinia, Messenian prince. He was one of the Argonauts, a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and contender with the gods. Idas was described as keen and spirited.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'14/ref> Fam ...

'' (Habe, 1976) * '' Idas lamellosus'' Verrill, 1882 * '' Idas macdonaldi'' Gustafson, R. D. Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998 * '' Idas modiolaeformis'' (Sturany, 1896) * '' Idas olympicus'' Kiel & Goedaert, 2007 † * '' Idas simpsoni'' (J. T. Marshall, 1900) * '' Idas washingtonius'' (Bernard, 1978)

References

* Bernard F.R. (1978). New bivalve Mollusca, subclass Pteriomorpha, from the Northeastern Pacific. Venus. 37: 61-75 * Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer. xiii + 256 pp. * Giusti Fr., Mietto P. & Sbrana C., 2012. Il genere Idas (Mytilidae, Bathymodiolinae) in Mediterraneo, con la descrizione di quattro nuove specie. Bollettino Malacologico, 48(2): 122–135 * Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp

External links

effreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Pecten, Mytilus and Arca families, procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 18: 424-436

Iredale, T. (1915). Notes on the names of some British marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11(6): 329-342.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
Mytilidae Bivalve genera {{Mytilidae-stub