Venerupis

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]

Venerupis
Venerupis senegalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Venerupis
Lamarck, 1818[1]
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Metis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
  • Myrsus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900
  • Pullastra G.B. Sowerby I, 1826

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. Venerupis - Lamarck, 1818 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  2. Barrett, John; C. M. Yonge (1958). Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. London: Collins. p. 158.
  3. Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900, World Register of Marine Species, retrieved 31 August 2016


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