Polititapes

Polititapes is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, commonly known as carpet shells. ^[1]

Polititapes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900
Type species
Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
Aureitapes Chiamenti, 1900 Cyaneitapes Chiamenti, 1900 Paphia (Callistotapes) Sacco, 1900 Tapes (Callistotapes) Sacco, 1900 Tapes (Polititapes) Chiamenti, 1900 (original rank) Venerupis (Polititapes) Chiamenti, 1900 (unaccepted rank)

Venerupis aurea, a bivalve from the family Veneridae

Taxonomy

This species and allied are usually held in Venerupis 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 (Gmelin, 1791)
• Polititapes durus (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)