WoRMS taxon details

Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)

246150  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246150)

accepted
Species
Pullastra castrensis Deshayes, 1848 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Pullastra intuspunctata Anton, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes anthemodus Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes bourguignati Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes castrensis (Deshayes, 1848) · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Tapes grangeri Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes hoeberti Brusina, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes lacunaris Coen, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes mabillei Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes nasuta Coen, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes nitidosus Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes nuculoides Coen, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes retortus Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes rochebrunei Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes rostratus Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tapes servaini Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venerupis (Ruditapes) aurea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venerupis (Ruditapes) aurea aurea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus araneosa R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Venus florida Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus intuspunctata Anton, 1838 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Venus nitens Scacchi & R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus pallei Requien, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus picturata Requien, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791) 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 [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3288-3289 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246150 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature

original description (of Tapes acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1852). Monograph of the genus <i>Tapes</i>. Fam. Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (13): 678–699, pls 145–151. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075860
page(s): 689 [details] 

original description (of Tapes amygdala Römer, 1864) Römer E. (1864). Kritische Uebersicht sämmtlicher Arten der zur Gattung <i>Venus</i> gehörenden Untergattung <i>Tapes</i>. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 11: 19-44, 58-98., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16079877
page(s): 58 [details] 

original description (of Tapes anatina G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1852). Monograph of the genus <i>Tapes</i>. Fam. Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (13): 678–699, pls 145–151. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075860
page(s): 786 [details] 

original description (of Venus aenea W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details] 

original description (of Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791) 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 [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3288-3289 [details] 

original description (of Venus beudantii Payraudeau, 1826) 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. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 53, pl. 1 fig. 32 [details] 

original description (of Venus bicolor Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 603 [details] 

original description (of Venus catenifera Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 603 [details] 

original description (of Venus floridella Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 603 [details] 

original description (of Venus intuspunctata Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 8 [details] 

original description (of Venus nitens W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 247 [details] 

original description (of Venus nitens Scacchi & R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 35-36; pl. 14 fig. 14 [details] 

original description (of Venus petalina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 603 [details] 

original description (of Pullastra intuspunctata Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 8, nº 288 [details] 

original description (of Tapes anthemodus Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 289 [details] 

original description (of Tapes bourguignati Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 285 [details] 

original description (of Tapes grangeri Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371 [details] 

original description (of Tapes hoeberti Brusina, 1865) Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 15: 3-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400444
page(s): 31-32 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tapes lacunaris Coen, 1914) Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7. [details] 

original description (of Tapes mabillei Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 270 [details] 

original description (of Tapes nasuta Coen, 1914) Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7. [details] 

original description (of Tapes nitidosus Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 272 [details] 

original description (of Tapes nuculoides Coen, 1914) Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7. [details] 

original description (of Tapes retortus Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 304 [details] 

original description (of Tapes rochebrunei Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 278 [details] 

original description (of Tapes rostratus Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 274 [details] 

original description (of Tapes servaini Locard, 1886) Locard A. 1886. Étude critique des <i>Tapes</i> des côtes de France. <i>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France</i>, 3: 239-328, pl. 7-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143371
page(s): 309 [details] 

original description (of Venus araneosa R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1847-1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4(5): 71-77; 4(6): 84-96; 4(8): 113-127 [1847]; 5(1): 13-16; 5(2): 17-27 [1848]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292065
page(s): 91 [details] 

original description (of Venus florida Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 602-603 [details] 

original description (of Venus pallei Requien, 1848) Requien, E. (1848). <i>Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse</i>. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59044288
page(s): 25 [details] 

original description (of Venus picturata Requien, 1848) Requien, E. (1848). <i>Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse</i>. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59044288 [details] 

original description (of Tapes aureus var. quadrata Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 350 [details] 

original description (of Tapes aureus var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 350 [details] 

original description (of Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 400 [details] 

original description (of Tapes castrensis var. texturoides Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Égypte. <em>Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte.</em> 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18., available online at http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914
page(s): 171. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tapes aureus var. rugata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) 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. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 426 [details] 

original description (of Tapes aureus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) 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. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 428 [details] 

original description (of Tapes aureus var. partita Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) 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. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 426 [details] 

original description (of Tapes aureus var. elongata Dautzenberg, 1883) Dautzenberg, P. (1883). Liste de coquilles du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 31: 289-330., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/137972.pdf [details] 

original description (of Pullastra castrensis Deshayes, 1848) Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN616153929
page(s): pl. 86 fig. 1-8 [details] 

original description (of Venus phaseolina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 605 [details] 

original description (of Venus pulchella Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 603-604 [details] 

original description (of Venus texturata Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 597 [details] 

basis of record MedOBIS (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
Dutch gouden tapijtschelp  [details]
English gouden tapijtschelpgolden venusgolden carpetclamgolden carpet shell  [details]
French palourde jauneclovisse jeune [from synonym]  [details]
German goldene Teppichmuschel  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κίτρινη αχιβάδα [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål gullskjell [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk gullskjel [from synonym]  [details]