Tapes aureus var. partita Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
Tapes aureus var. quadrata Jeffreys, 1864
Tapes aureus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
Tapes aureus var. rugata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
Tapes bourguignati Locard, 1886
Tapes castrensis Deshayes, 1848 (dubious synonym)
Tapes castrensis var. texturoides Pallary, 1912
Tapes grangeri Locard, 1886
Tapes hoeberti Brusina, 1865
Tapes lacunaris Coen, 1914
Tapes mabillei Locard, 1886
Tapes nasuta Coen, 1914
Tapes nitidosus Locard, 1886
Tapes nuculoides Coen, 1914
Tapes pulchellus (Lamarck, 1818)
Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor Pallary, 1900
Tapes retortus Locard, 1886
Tapes rochebrunei Locard, 1886
Tapes rostratus Locard, 1886
Tapes servaini Locard, 1886
Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886)
Venus aenea W. Turton, 1819
Venus araneosa Philippi, 1847
Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Venus beudantii Payraudeau, 1826
Venus bicolor Lamarck, 1818
Venus catenifera Lamarck, 1818
Venus florida Lamarck, 1818
Venus floridella Lamarck, 1818
Venus intuspunctata Anton, 1838 (junior synonym)
Venus nitens W. Turton, 1819
Venus nitens Scacchi & Philippi in Philippi, 1844
Venus pallei Requien, 1848
Venus petalina Lamarck, 1818
Venus phaseolina Lamarck, 1818
Venus picturata Requien, 1848 (synonym)
Venus pulchella Lamarck, 1818
Venus texturata Lamarck, 1818
Right and left valve of the same specimens:
Right valve
Left valve
var. beudanti Right valve
var. beudanti Left valve
var. mabillei Right valve
var. mabillei Left valve
Description
These are moderately convex valves with colore pale yellow, white or chestnut with broken zigzag lines, or dark-chestnut patches. On the other hand, the valves consistently golden yellow, hence its specific name. The sculpture is confined to moderately impressed concentric growth lines.
Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7
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.
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Tapes aureus var. partita Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
Tapes aureus var. quadrata Jeffreys, 1864
Tapes aureus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
Tapes aureus var. rugata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
Tapes bourguignati Locard, 1886
Tapes castrensis Deshayes, 1848 (dubious synonym)
Tapes castrensis var. texturoides Pallary, 1912
Tapes grangeri Locard, 1886
Tapes hoeberti Brusina, 1865
Tapes lacunaris Coen, 1914
Tapes mabillei Locard, 1886
Tapes nasuta Coen, 1914
Tapes nitidosus Locard, 1886
Tapes nuculoides Coen, 1914
Tapes pulchellus (Lamarck, 1818)
Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor Pallary, 1900
Tapes retortus Locard, 1886
Tapes rochebrunei Locard, 1886
Tapes rostratus Locard, 1886
Tapes servaini Locard, 1886
Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886)
Venus aenea W. Turton, 1819
Venus araneosa Philippi, 1847
Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Venus beudantii Payraudeau, 1826
Venus bicolor Lamarck, 1818
Venus catenifera Lamarck, 1818
Venus florida Lamarck, 1818
Venus floridella Lamarck, 1818
Venus intuspunctata Anton, 1838 (junior synonym)
Venus nitens W. Turton, 1819
Venus nitens Scacchi & Philippi in Philippi, 1844
Venus pallei Requien, 1848
Venus petalina Lamarck, 1818
Venus phaseolina Lamarck, 1818
Venus picturata Requien, 1848 (synonym)
Venus pulchella Lamarck, 1818
Venus texturata Lamarck, 1818
Right and left valve of the same specimens:
Right valve
Left valve
var. beudanti Right valve
var. beudanti Left valve
var. mabillei Right valve
var. mabillei Left valve
Description
These are moderately convex valves with colore pale yellow, white or chestnut with broken zigzag lines, or dark-chestnut patches. On the other hand, the valves consistently golden yellow, hence its specific name. The sculpture is confined to moderately impressed concentric growth lines.
Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7
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.
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