Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Veneroidea
Familia: Veneridae
Genus: Venerupis
Species: V. aurea – V. decussata – V. philippinarum – V. senegalensis
Name
Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
Venerupis is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae commonly known as carpet shells. The valves are robust and rhomboidal with the umbones turned-in and nearer the anterior end. The posterior end is wedge-shaped and the internal margins of the valves are smooth. There are 3 or 4 cardinal teeth on each valve. The foot is large and the siphons are of medium length and united except at the very tip.[2]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) accepted the following species as valid in 2011:[1]
Venerupis anomala (Lamarck, 1818)
Venerupis aspera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845)
Venerupis cordieri
Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis cumingii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1852)
Venerupis declivis Sowerby, 1853
Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis galactites (Lamarck, 1818)
Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 1791)
Venerupis glandina (Lamarck, 1818)
Venerupis largillierti (Philippi, 1847)
Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886)
Venerupis rugosa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1854)
Venerupis philippinarum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Venerupis saxatilis (Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802)
Venerupis senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791)
As of 2016, WoRMS classifies four species in the genus Polititapes: P. aureus, P. durus, P. lucens and P. rhomboides (or Venerupis rhomboides).[3]
References
Venerupis - Lamarck, 1818 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
Barrett, John; C. M. Yonge (1958). Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. London: Collins. p. 158.
Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900, World Register of Marine Species, retrieved 31 August 2016
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