Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

NSBP taxon details

Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)

AphiaID

745846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:745846)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900

Original name

Venus rhomboides Pennant, 1777

Synonymised names

Paphia rhomboides (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted

Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767) sensu auct. · unaccepted (misapplication)

Tapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2021) North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP) at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745846 on 2025-05-19

Thematic species database citation

Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2025). North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP). Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745846 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-12-17 18:28:30Z

created

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97 [details]

original description (of Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767) sensu auct.) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]