{{Short description|Species of bivalve}} {{Speciesbox |image = Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791).jpg |taxon= Polititapes aureus |authority = (Gmelin, 1791) |synonyms = See list |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Polititapes aureus''''' is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2287759 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246150 on 2022-02-05</ref>
The species is found in Western Europe and Mediterranean.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Synonyms== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Paphia aurea'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Paphia lucens'' <small>(Locard, 1886)</small> * ''Pullastra intuspunctata'' <small>Anton, 1838</small> * ''Tapes (Tapes) aureus'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Tapes acuminata'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1852</small> * ''Tapes amygdala'' <small>Meuschen Römer, 1864</small> * ''Tapes anatina'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1854</small> * ''Tapes anthemodus'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes aureus'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Tapes aureus var. elongata'' <small> Dautzenberg, 1883</small> * ''Tapes aureus var. ovata'' <small>Jeffreys, 1864</small> * ''Tapes aureus var. partita'' <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893</small> * ''Tapes aureus var. quadrata'' <small>Jeffreys, 1864</small> * ''Tapes aureus var. radiata'' <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893</small> * ''Tapes aureus var. rugata'' <small>Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893</small> * ''Tapes bourguignati'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes castrensis'' <small>Deshayes, 1848</small> (dubious synonym) * ''Tapes castrensis var. texturoides'' <small>Pallary, 1912</small> * ''Tapes grangeri'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes hoeberti'' <small>Brusina, 1865</small> * ''Tapes lacunaris'' <small>Coen, 1914</small> * ''Tapes mabillei'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes nasuta'' <small>Coen, 1914</small> * ''Tapes nitidosus'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes nuculoides'' <small>Coen, 1914</small> * ''Tapes pulchellus'' <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small> * ''Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor'' <small>Pallary, 1900</small> * ''Tapes retortus'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes rochebrunei'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes rostratus'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Tapes servaini'' <small>Locard, 1886</small> * ''Venerupis aurea'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Venerupis lucens'' <small>(Locard, 1886)</small> * ''Venus aenea'' <small>W. Turton, 1819</small> * ''Venus araneosa'' <small>Philippi, 1847</small> * ''Venus aurea'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> (original combination) * ''Venus beudantii'' <small>Payraudeau, 1826</small> * ''Venus bicolor'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> * ''Venus catenifera'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> * ''Venus florida'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> * ''Venus floridella'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> * ''Venus intuspunctata'' <small>Anton, 1838</small> (junior synonym) * ''Venus nitens'' <small>W. Turton, 1819</small> * ''Venus nitens'' <small>Scacchi & Philippi in Philippi, 1844</small> * ''Venus pallei'' <small>Requien, 1848</small> * ''Venus petalina'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> * ''Venus phaseolina'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> * ''Venus picturata'' <small>Requien, 1848</small> (synonym) * ''Venus pulchella'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> * ''Venus texturata'' <small>Lamarck, 1818</small> {{div col end}} {{clear}} <div align=center> Right and left valve of the same specimens: <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> File:Polititapes aureus 03.jpg|Right valve File:Polititapes aureus 04.jpg|Left valve </gallery> <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> File:Polititapes aureus 01.jpg|var. ''beudanti''<br>Right valve File:Polititapes aureus 02.jpg|var. ''beudanti''<br>Left valve </gallery> <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> File:Polititapes aureus 05.jpg|var. ''mabillei''<br>Right valve File:Polititapes aureus 06.jpg|var. ''mabillei''<br>Left valve </gallery> </div>
==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.
thumb|Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
==References== {{Reflist}} * 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.
==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 urton, W. (1819) A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls.] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944 Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. 218 pp. Paris] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46337 Lamarck (J.-B. M.) de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp.] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421 Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp.] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.. Halle] * [http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN623314851 Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400444 Brusina S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 3-42] * [https://archive.org/details/cataloguedescoq00requgoog Requien, E. (1848). Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp.] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 London, van Voorst] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422] * [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914 Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Egypte. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Egypte. 7(3): 69-207] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 884 p., 99 pl] * [http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/137972.pdf Dautzenberg, Ph. (1883). Liste de coquilles du Golfe de Gabès. J. conchyliol. 31: 289-330]
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Category:Veneridae Category:Bivalves described in 1791 Category:Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller
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