Polititapes aureus
| Polititapes aureus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Polititapes |
| Species: | P. aureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.[1][2]
The species is found in the Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.[1][2]
Synonyms
[edit]- Paphia aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Paphia lucens (Locard, 1886)
- Pullastra intuspunctata Anton, 1838
- Tapes (Tapes) aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tapes acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1852
- Tapes amygdala Meuschen Römer, 1864
- Tapes anatina G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
- Tapes anthemodus Locard, 1886
- Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tapes aureus var. elongata Dautzenberg, 1883
- Tapes aureus var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864
- Tapes aureus var. partita Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
- Tapes aureus var. quadrata Jeffreys, 1864
- Tapes aureus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
- Tapes aureus var. rugata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
- Tapes bourguignati Locard, 1886
- Tapes castrensis Deshayes, 1848 (dubious synonym)
- Tapes castrensis var. texturoides Pallary, 1912
- Tapes grangeri Locard, 1886
- Tapes hoeberti Brusina, 1865
- Tapes lacunaris Coen, 1914
- Tapes mabillei Locard, 1886
- Tapes nasuta Coen, 1914
- Tapes nitidosus Locard, 1886
- Tapes nuculoides Coen, 1914
- Tapes pulchellus (Lamarck, 1818)
- Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor Pallary, 1900
- Tapes retortus Locard, 1886
- Tapes rochebrunei Locard, 1886
- Tapes rostratus Locard, 1886
- Tapes servaini Locard, 1886
- Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886)
- Venus aenea W. Turton, 1819
- Venus araneosa Philippi, 1847
- Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
- Venus beudantii Payraudeau, 1826
- Venus bicolor Lamarck, 1818
- Venus catenifera Lamarck, 1818
- Venus florida Lamarck, 1818
- Venus floridella Lamarck, 1818
- Venus intuspunctata Anton, 1838 (junior synonym)
- Venus nitens W. Turton, 1819
- Venus nitens Scacchi & Philippi in Philippi, 1844
- Venus pallei Requien, 1848
- Venus petalina Lamarck, 1818
- Venus phaseolina Lamarck, 1818
- Venus picturata Requien, 1848 (synonym)
- Venus pulchella Lamarck, 1818
- Venus texturata Lamarck, 1818
Right and left valve of the same specimens:
Right valve
Left valve
var. beudanti
Right valve
var. beudanti
Left valve
var. mabillei
Right valve
var. mabillei
Left valve
Description
[edit]- These are moderately convex valves with colore pale yellow, white or chestnut with broken zigzag lines, or dark-chestnut patches. On the other hand, the valves consistently golden yellow, hence its specific name. The sculpture is confined to moderately impressed concentric growth lines.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7
- Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
External links
[edit]- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Turton, W. (1819) A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls.
- Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. 218 pp. Paris
- Lamarck (J.-B. M.) de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp.
- Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp.
- Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.. Halle
- Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp
- Brusina S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 3-42
- Requien, E. (1848). Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp.
- Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 London, van Voorst
- Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422
- Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Egypte. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Egypte. 7(3): 69-207
- Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 884 p., 99 pl
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1883). Liste de coquilles du Golfe de Gabès. J. conchyliol. 31: 289-330
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