Venerupis
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| Venerupis senegalensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Venerupis Lamarck, 1818 [1] |
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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.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 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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