MolluscaBase 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, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tapes similis Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina cancellata W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Venus dura Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Venus rariflamma Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus dura 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): 3292 [details]
page(s): 3292 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507876 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Tapes alba Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 1-11, pls 18-19. [published 27 June 1854]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747116
page(s): 9 [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, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 1-11, pls 18-19. [published 27 June 1854]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747116
page(s): 8 [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). 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): 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 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.
page(s): 926-927 [details]
page(s): 9 [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, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 1-11, pls 18-19. [published 27 June 1854]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747116
page(s): 8 [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). 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): 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 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.
page(s): 926-927 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Malacopics (Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791) Senegal, Thies, M'Bour, by shrimpers, at 20-30 m depth, collected 1985, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Conchology (Polititapes durus)
To Malacopics (Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791) Senegal, Thies, M'Bour, by shrimpers, at 20-30 m depth, collected 1985, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
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