WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB

Class: BIVALVIA
--- Taxon Tree: HETERODONTA [Subclass] - EUHETERODONTA [Infraclass] - IMPARIDENTIA [Superorder] - VENERIDA [Order] - VENEROIDEA [Superfamily]
------ Family: VENERIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 (Sea)
------------ Genus: Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900

--------------- Species: Polititapes aureus (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) - ID: 6106000010

Greece - 46 mm

Map center: N: 38° 46' 32'' E: 23° 6' 15'' - Grid: 5° - click to open

synonyms:
Tapes acuminata G.B. II Sowerby, 1854	Venus aenea W. Turton, 1819
Tapes amygdala A. Römer, 1864	Tapes anatina G.B. II Sowerby, 1854
Tapes anthemodus É.A.A. Locard, 1886	Venerupis aurea J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Tapes aureus ovata J.G. Jeffreys, 1864	Tapes aureus partita M.E.J. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1893
Tapes aureus quadrata J.G. Jeffreys, 1864	Tapes aureus radiata M.E.J. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1893
Tapes aureus rugata M.E.J. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1893	Venus beudanti B.C.M. Payraudeau, 1826
Venus bicolor J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818	Tapes bourguignati É.A.A. Locard, 1886
Tapes castrensis G.P. Deshayes, 1848	Tapes castrensis texturoides P.M. Pallary, 1912
Venus catenifera J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818	Venus floridella J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818
Tapes grangeri É.A.A. Locard, 1886	Tapes hoeberti Š. Brusina, 1865
Venus intuspunctata H.E. Anton, 1838	Tapes lacunaris G.S. Coen, 1914
Venus laeta G.S. Poli, 1795	Tapes mabillei É.A.A. Locard, 1886
Tapes nasuta G.S. Coen, 1914	Venus nitens W. Turton, 1819
Venus nitens A. Scacchi & R.A. Philippi in R.A. Philippi, 1844	Tapes nitidosus É.A.A. Locard, 1886
Tapes nuculoides G.S. Coen, 1914	Venus pallei E. Réquien, 1848
Venus petalina J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818	Venus phaseolina J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818
Venus picturata E. Réquien, 1848	Venus pulchella J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818
Tapes pulchellus bicolor P.M. Pallary, 1900	Tapes retortus É.A.A. Locard, 1886
Tapes rochebrunei É.A.A. Locard, 1886	Tapes rostratus É.A.A. Locard, 1886
Tapes servaini É.A.A. Locard, 1886	Venus texturata J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818

Additional DB records:
South CHina Sea - 46 mm	Castellaneta Matina, Ionian Sea - 42 mm	Spain-Francia - 40 mm
Sweden - 40 mm	Marmara sea, Turkey - 38.4 mm	France - 34 mm
Deltebre, Tarragona, Spain. - 34 mm	Italy - 32 mm	Pesaro - 30 mm
Portugal - 30 mm	Portugal - 29 mm	Malaga Spain - 28.6 mm
Italy - 28 mm	Faro Lake, Messina, Italy - 28 mm	Canary Islands -Tenerife - 25.8 mm
Salamina Island, Greece - 25.1 mm	Faro Lake, Messina - 25 mm	Spain - 24 mm
Italy - 20 mm	Spain - 19 mm	Calambrone - PISA - ITALIA - 17 mm
Varigotti,Italy,summer 75 - 16 mm	Cataluna, Palamos	Greece, N. Conemanos
Hampshire County, England, Southampton Waters	Hawaii	Huelva Province, Cape Umbria. Huelva
Huelva Province, Huelva	Islas Baleares, Mahon, Menorca	Italy
Italy, Naples	Marche Region, Adriatic Sea, Falconara (Ancona)	Morocco, Mar Chica, Ville Nador

Suggested links:
http://clade.ansp.org	http://www.marinespecies.org	http://www.conchology.be
http://www.femorale.com.br	http://collections.si.edu

------------------ Sub or form: Polititapes aureus elongata (P. Dautzenberg, 1883) - ID: 6107501864

North Africa

No Georeferenced data available

------------------ Sub or form: Polititapes aureus lucens (É.A.A. Locard, 1886) - ID: 6107501896

Turkey, Bozcaada Island - 30 mm

Map center: N: 39� 49' 40'' E: 26� 2' 12'' - Grid: 5� - click to open

synonyms:
Venerupis lucens É.A.A. Locard, 1886	Venerupis pulchella lucens É.A.A. Locard, 1886

Additional DB records:
Bozcaada Island, Turkey - 28,41 mm	Croatia, Veglia Isl. - 30 mm	Bozcaada Island, Turkey - 17,13 mm