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

Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791)
Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)

Literature

original description	Chiamenti A. 1900. Contribuzione alio studio della Malacofauna Adriatica. Nota sulla famiglia della Veneridae, e della Petricolidae. Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 20: 9-15.
basis of record	Vaught K. C. (1989). A classification of living Mollusca. American Malacologists Inc. Melbourne, Florida pp. XII + 195:
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.
source of synonymy	Vaught K. C. (1989). A classification of living Mollusca. American Malacologists Inc. Melbourne, Florida pp. XII + 195:
subsequent type designation	Dall W.H. 1902.Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum ,26: 335-412

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900. 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:246149