Polititapes aureus

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Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.{{cite web |title=Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2287759 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}}MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246150 on 2022-02-05

The species is found in Western Europe and Mediterranean.

Synonyms

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  • 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

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Right and left valve of the same specimens:

File:Polititapes aureus 03.jpg|Right valve

File:Polititapes aureus 04.jpg|Left valve

File:Polititapes aureus 01.jpg|var. beudanti
Right valve

File:Polititapes aureus 02.jpg|var. beudanti
Left valve

File:Polititapes aureus 05.jpg|var. mabillei
Right valve

File:Polititapes aureus 06.jpg|var. mabillei
Left valve

Description

  • 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.

File:Venerupis aurea 001.jpg

References

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  • 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.