Biology:Polititapes aureus

Short description: Species of bivalve

Polititapes aureus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Polititapes
Species:	P. aureus
Binomial name
Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
See list

Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.

The species is found in Western Europe and Mediterranean.

Synonyms

• 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:

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  Right valve

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  Left valve

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  var. beudanti
  Right valve

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  var. beudanti
  Left valve

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  var. mabillei
  Right valve

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  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.

References

• 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

• 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
• urton, 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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