Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Genus Ruditapes

Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ruditapes*	Chiamenti, 1900	accepted genus name
*Tapes (Ruditapes)*	Chiamenti, 1900	synonym
*Venerupis (Ruditapes)*	Chiamenti, 1900	synonym

Species group names

*Venus decussata*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Cuneus reticulatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Tapes decussata*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Tapes decussatus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Tapes decussatus var. albida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes decussatus var. intermedia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes decussatus var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes decussatus var. quadrangula*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Tapes decussatus var. radiata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes decussatus var. texta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes decussatus var. varians*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes extensus*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Venerupis decussata*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym; alternate representation
*Venus decussata*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Venus florida*	Poli, 1795	synonym
*Venus fusca*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus obscura*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus truncata*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus variegata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus vesta*	Brusina, 1870	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geruite tapijtschelp

English-United States: Chequered Carpet Shell sources: Charles Hussey

French: palaroude sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

German: Teppichmuschel sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Greek: Αχιβάδα; Μαρμαροαχιβάδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: ameijoa sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: almeja fina

Literature

basis of record	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
source of synonymy	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4782 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231749