''Polititapes'' is a
genus of
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bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
molluscs in the subfamily
Tapetinae of the family
Veneridae, commonly known as carpet shells.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246149 on 2022-02-03]
Taxonomy
This species and allied are usually held in ''
Venerupis
''Venerupis'' is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae commonly known as carpet shells. The valves are robust and rhomboidal with the umbones turned-in and nearer the anterior end. The posterior end is wedge-shaped and the i ...
'' but this is not unequivocally supported; Huber (2010) is here followed in using ''Polititapes'' as valid genus, awaiting a much needed phylogenetic revision of the group. ''Polititapes'' was published February, 1900 and therefore has priority over ''Callistotapes''
Sacco, 1900 (published April 29, 1900) in case they are considered synonyms.
Species
* ''
Polititapes aureus
''Polititapes aureus'' is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Polititapes durus
''Polititapes'' is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, commonly known as carpet shells. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900. Accessed through: World Register ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Polititapes lucens'' (Locard, 1886)
* ''
Polititapes merklini''
(Goncharova, 1986) †
* ''
Polititapes modesta''
(Dubois, 1831) †
* ''
Polititapes parvovalis''
Zettler & Alf, 2021
* ''
Polititapes rhomboides''
(Pennant, 1777)
;Synonyms:
* ''Polititapes virgineus''
(Linnaeus, 1767) sensu auct. : synonym of ''Polititapes rhomboides''
(Pennant, 1777) (misapplication)
References
* Chiamenti, A. (1900). Contribuzione alio studio della Malacofauna Adriatica. Nota sulla famiglia della Veneridae, e della Petricolidae. Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali. 20(1-2): 9-15.
* 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
Sacco, F. (1900). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVIII. (Isocardiidae, Cyprinidae, Veneridae, Petricolidae, Cyrenidae e Sphaeridae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 98 pp, 14 pl.Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1312): 335-412.
Veneridae
Bivalve genera
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