Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Tapetinae > Genus Polititapes

Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polititapes*	Chiamenti, 1900	accepted genus name
*Tapes (Polititapes)*	Chiamenti, 1900	synonym

Species group names

*Paphia aurea*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Pullastra castrensis*	Deshayes, 1848	synonym
*Pullastra intuspunctata*	Anton, 1838	synonym
*Tapes (Tapes) aureus*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Tapes acuminata*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1852	synonym
*Tapes anatina*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1854	synonym
*Tapes anthemodus*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes aureus*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Tapes aureus var. elongata*	Dautzenberg, 1883	synonym
*Tapes aureus var. ovata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Tapes aureus var. partita*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes aureus var. quadrata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Tapes aureus var. radiata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes aureus var. rugata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Tapes bourguignati*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes castrensis*	(Deshayes, 1848)	synonym
*Tapes castrensis var. texturoides*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Tapes grangeri*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes hoeberti*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Tapes lacunaris*	Coen, 1914	synonym
*Tapes mabillei*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes nasuta*	Coen, 1914	synonym
*Tapes nitidosus*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes nuculoides*	Coen, 1914	synonym
*Tapes pulchellus*	(Lamarck, 1818)	synonym
*Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Tapes retortus*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes rochebrunei*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes rostratus*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tapes servaini*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Venerupis aurea*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Venus aenea*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym
*Venus araneosa*	R. A. Philippi, 1847	synonym
*Venus beudantii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Venus bicolor*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus catenifera*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus florida*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus floridella*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus nitens*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym
*Venus nitens*	Scacchi & R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Venus pallei*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Venus petalina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus phaseolina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus picturata*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Venus pulchella*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus texturata*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gouden tapijtschelp sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: golden carpet shell; golden carpetclam; golden venus sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: palourde jaune sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: goldene Teppichmuschel

Literature

basis of record	MedOBIS
additional source	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

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246150