Venerupis

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Venerupis
Venerupis senegalensis2.jpg
Venerupis senegalensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Venerupis
Lamarck, 1818[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Metis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
  • Myrsus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Paphirus Finlay, 1926
  • Pullastra G.B. Sowerby I, 1826
  • Venerupis (Paphirus) Finlay, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Venerupis (Venerupis) Lamarck, 1818· accepted, alternate representation

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]

  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  • Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • (G.B. Sowerby II, 1852)
  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • (Gmelin, 1791)
  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • (Philippi, 1847)
  • (G.B. Sowerby II, 1854)
  • Venerupis philippinarum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845): synonym of (Hanley, 1845)
  • Venerupis cordieri (Deshayes, 1839): synonym of (Conrad, 1837)
  • Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Venerupis declivis Sowerby, 1853: synonym of G. B. Sowerby II, 1853
  • Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886): synonym of Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Venerupis saxatilis (Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802): synonym of Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Venerupis senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 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.


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