Polititapes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: |
Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900 |
Type species | |
Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Polititapes is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, commonly known as carpet shells. [1]
This species and allied are usually held in Venerupis but this is not unequivocally supported; Huber (2010) is here followed in using Polititapes as valid genus, awaiting a much needed phylogenetic revision of the group. Polititapes was published February, 1900 and therefore has priority over Callistotapes Sacco, 1900 (published April 29, 1900) in case they are considered synonyms.