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

Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850)

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 philippinarum*	Adams & Reeve, 1850	basionym
*Paphia bifurcata*	Quayle, 1938	synonym
*Tapes denticulata*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1852	synonym
*Tapes ducalis*	Römer, 1870	synonym
*Tapes indica*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1852	synonym
*Tapes japonica*	Deshayes, 1853	synonym
*Tapes philippinarum*	(Adams & Reeve, 1850)	synonym
*Tapes semidecussata*	Reeve, 1864	synonym
*Tapes violascens*	Deshayes, 1853	synonym
*Venerupis philippinarum*	(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)	synonym; alternate representation
*Venus analis*	Philippi, 1851	synonym
*Venus philippinarum*	Adams & Reeve, 1850	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Aziatische tapijtschelp

English: Japanese carpet shell; Japanese littleneck clam; Manila clam sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Manila Clam sources: Charles Hussey

French: palourde croisée japonaise; palourde japonaise

Literature

basis of record	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
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

Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
GenBank (30137 nucleotides; 709 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850). 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:231750