# Polititapes aureus
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{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}
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'''''Polititapes aureus''''' is a species of [bivalve](/source/bivalve) belonging to the family [Veneridae](/source/Veneridae).[{{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}}][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]
The species is found in Western Europe and [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean).
Right and left valve of the same specimens:
File:Polititapes aureus 03.jpg|Right valve
File:Polititapes aureus 04.jpg|Left valve
File:Polititapes aureus 01.jpg|var. ''beudanti''
Right valve
File:Polititapes aureus 02.jpg|var. ''beudanti''
Left valve
File:Polititapes aureus 05.jpg|var. ''mabillei''
Right valve
File:Polititapes aureus 06.jpg|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.
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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