Polititapes aureus

Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.^[1][2]

Polititapes aureus
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)
Synonyms
See list

The species is found in Western Europe and Mediterranean.^[1]

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:

• 
  Right valve
• 
  Left valve

• 
  var. beudanti
  Right valve
• 
  var. beudanti
  Left valve

• 
  var. mabillei
  Right valve
• 
  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.

Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)