Idas (bivalve)

Idas
Shell of Idas cylindricus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Idas
Jeffreys, 1876
Type species
Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876
Synonyms
  • Adipicola (Myrinopsis) F. Nordsieck, 1969
  • Habepegris F. R. Bernard, 1978
  • Idasola Iredale, 1915 (Unnecessary replacement name for Idas Jeffreys, 1876)
  • Miridas Iredale, 1939

Idas is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.

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