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Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 154067

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Tapes (Genus) > Tapes (Ruditapes) (Subgenus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Classification variation)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Tapes (Ruditapes) Chiamenti, 1900 accepted as Venerupis (Ruditapes) Chiamenti, 1900 represented as Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
Sources  basis of record: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy: CLEMAM [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch geruite tapijtschelp  [details]
English chequered carpet shell  [details]
English cross-cut carpet shell  [details]
French palourde  [details]
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details]
British Isles [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
South West Coast of Apulia [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa [details]
Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Host of  Conchyliurus cardii tapetis Bocquet & Stock, 1958 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Herrmannella rostrata Canu, 1891 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, 1902 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To CLEMAM
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Spelling: Tapes decussata [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154067
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-16 10:28:02Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-03-13 11:49:50Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-07-03 07:56:36Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2012-01-29 17:40:01Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154067 on 2013-05-18
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