title: Polititapes aureus
text: # Polititapes aureus
  
  Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.
  
  The species is found in Western Europe and Mediterranean.
  
  ## Synonyms
  
  * Paphia aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
  * Paphia lucens (Locard, 1886)
  * Pullastra intuspunctata Anton, 1838
  * Tapes (Tapes) aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
  * Tapes acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1852
  * Tapes amygdala Meuschen Römer, 1864
  * Tapes anatina G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
  * Tapes anthemodus Locard, 1886
  * Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
  * Tapes aureus var. elongata Dautzenberg, 1883
  * Tapes aureus var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864
  * Tapes aureus var. partita Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
  * Tapes aureus var. quadrata Jeffreys, 1864
  * Tapes aureus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
  * Tapes aureus var. rugata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893
  * Tapes bourguignati Locard, 1886
  * Tapes castrensis Deshayes, 1848 (dubious synonym)
  * Tapes castrensis var. texturoides Pallary, 1912
  * Tapes grangeri Locard, 1886
  * Tapes hoeberti Brusina, 1865
  * Tapes lacunaris Coen, 1914
  * Tapes mabillei Locard, 1886
  * Tapes nasuta Coen, 1914
  * Tapes nitidosus Locard, 1886
  * Tapes nuculoides Coen, 1914
  * Tapes pulchellus (Lamarck, 1818)
  * Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor Pallary, 1900
  * Tapes retortus Locard, 1886
  * Tapes rochebrunei Locard, 1886
  * Tapes rostratus Locard, 1886
  * Tapes servaini Locard, 1886
  * Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
  * Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886)
  * Venus aenea W. Turton, 1819
  * Venus araneosa Philippi, 1847
  * Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  * Venus beudantii Payraudeau, 1826
  * Venus bicolor Lamarck, 1818
  * Venus catenifera Lamarck, 1818
  * Venus florida Lamarck, 1818
  * Venus floridella Lamarck, 1818
  * Venus intuspunctata Anton, 1838 (junior synonym)
  * Venus nitens W. Turton, 1819
  * Venus nitens Scacchi & Philippi in Philippi, 1844
  * Venus pallei Requien, 1848
  * Venus petalina Lamarck, 1818
  * Venus phaseolina Lamarck, 1818
  * Venus picturata Requien, 1848 (synonym)
  * Venus pulchella Lamarck, 1818
  * Venus texturata Lamarck, 1818
  
  Right and left valve of the same specimens:
  
  * Right valve
  * Left valve
  * var. beudanti Right valve
  * var. beudanti Left valve
  * var. mabillei Right valve
  * var. mabillei Left valve
  
  ## Description
  
  * These are moderately convex valves with colore pale yellow, white or chestnut with broken zigzag lines, or dark-chestnut patches. On the other hand, the valves consistently golden yellow, hence its specific name. The sculpture is confined to moderately impressed concentric growth lines.
  