Tapes (bivalve)

Tapes is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae. ^[1]

Tapes
Tapes ngocae (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Type species
Venus literata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Parembola Römer, 1857 † Tapes (Siratoria) Otuka, 1937 alternate representation Tapes (Tapes) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · alternate representation Tapes (Textrix) Römer, 1857 junior homonym Venus (Tapes) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Species

• Tapes albomarginata Preston, 1908
• Tapes araneosus (Philippi, 1847)
• Tapes belcheri G. B. Sowerby II, 1852
• Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tapes ngocae Thach, 2016
• † Tapes parki (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923)
• Tapes platyptycha Pilsbry, 1901
• Tapes sericeus Matsukuma, 1986
• † Tapes siratoriensis (Otuka, 1934)
• Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818)