Polititapes
# 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)
