MolluscaBase - Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)

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Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

751173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751173)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Original name

Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791

Direct children (7)

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Variety Tapes aureus var. eemiensis V. Nordmann, 1908 † accepted as Polititapes senescens (Cocconi, 1873) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Tapes aureus var. elongata Dautzenberg, 1883 accepted as Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Variety Tapes aureus var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Variety Tapes aureus var. partita Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Variety Tapes aureus var. quadrata Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Variety Tapes aureus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Variety Tapes aureus var. rugata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)

Environment

marine

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751173 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2014-01-31 09:42:27Z

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Gofas, Serge

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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]

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Introduced: alien

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