title: Polititapes
text: # Polititapes
  
  Polititapes is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, commonly known as carpet shells.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  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.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
  * Polititapes durus (Gmelin, 1791)
  * Polititapes lucens (Locard, 1886)
  * Polititapes merklini (Goncharova, 1986) †
  * Polititapes modesta (Dubois, 1831) †
  * Polititapes parvovalis Zettler & Alf, 2021
  * Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)
  
  ### Synonyms
  
  * Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767) sensu auct. : synonym of Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777) (misapplication)
  