WoRMS taxon details
Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791)
507876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507876)
accepted
Species
Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Tapes (Textrix) carpenteri Römer, 1860 · unaccepted
Tapes alba Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tapes similis Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus dura Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Venus rariflamma Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus dura Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]
page(s): 3292 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507876 on 2026-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tapes alba Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 169 [details]
original description (of Tapes (Textrix) carpenteri Römer, 1860) Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 156-157 [details]
original description (of Tapes similis Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Venerupis rufiscensis Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1971) Fischer-Piette, E. & Métivier, B. (1971). Révision des Tapetinae (Mollusques Bivalves). <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, série A, Zoologie.</em> 71: 1-106, pls. 1-16., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/digitalCollections/viewerpopup.aspx?seid=MEAZO_S00A_1971_T071_N001
page(s): 13, pl. 3 fig. 2-7 [details]
original description (of Venus rariflamma Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 597 [details]
original description (of Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 [details]
original description (of Venus dura Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 169 [details]
original description (of Tapes (Textrix) carpenteri Römer, 1860) Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 156-157 [details]
original description (of Tapes similis Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Venerupis rufiscensis Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1971) Fischer-Piette, E. & Métivier, B. (1971). Révision des Tapetinae (Mollusques Bivalves). <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, série A, Zoologie.</em> 71: 1-106, pls. 1-16., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/digitalCollections/viewerpopup.aspx?seid=MEAZO_S00A_1971_T071_N001
page(s): 13, pl. 3 fig. 2-7 [details]
original description (of Venus rariflamma Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 597 [details]
original description (of Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 [details]
original description (of Venus dura Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 926-927 [details]
page(s): 926-927 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paphia dura) (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791) Senegal, Thies, M'Bour, by shrimpers, at 20-30 m d...
To PESI (from synonym Tapes (Textrix) carpenteri Römer, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes similis Deshayes, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Venus rariflamma Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Venus dura Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paphia dura) (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791) Senegal, Thies, M'Bour, by shrimpers, at 20-30 m d...
To PESI (from synonym Tapes (Textrix) carpenteri Römer, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes similis Deshayes, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Venus rariflamma Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Paphia dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Venus dura Gmelin, 1791)
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