Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.
The species is found in the Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.
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:
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.
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