Synonyms
• Paphia aurea (Gmelin, 1791) • Paphia lucens (Locard, 1886) • Pullastra intuspunctata Anton, 1838 • Tapes (Tapes) aureus (Gmelin, 1791) • Tapes acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1852 • Tapes amygdala Meuschen Römer, 1864 • Tapes anatina G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 • Tapes anthemodus Locard, 1886 • Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) • Tapes aureus var. elongata Dautzenberg, 1883 • Tapes aureus var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864 • Tapes aureus var. partita Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 • Tapes aureus var. quadrata Jeffreys, 1864 • Tapes aureus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 • Tapes aureus var. rugata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 • Tapes bourguignati Locard, 1886 • Tapes castrensis Deshayes, 1848 (dubious synonym) • Tapes castrensis var. texturoides Pallary, 1912 • Tapes grangeri Locard, 1886 • Tapes hoeberti Brusina, 1865 • Tapes lacunaris Coen, 1914 • Tapes mabillei Locard, 1886 • Tapes nasuta Coen, 1914 • Tapes nitidosus Locard, 1886 • Tapes nuculoides Coen, 1914 • Tapes pulchellus (Lamarck, 1818) • Tapes pulchellus var. bicolor Pallary, 1900 • Tapes retortus Locard, 1886 • Tapes rochebrunei Locard, 1886 • Tapes rostratus Locard, 1886 • Tapes servaini Locard, 1886 • Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791) • Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886) • Venus aenea W. Turton, 1819 • Venus araneosa Philippi, 1847 • Venus aurea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) • Venus beudantii Payraudeau, 1826 • Venus bicolor Lamarck, 1818 • Venus catenifera Lamarck, 1818 • Venus florida Lamarck, 1818 • Venus floridella Lamarck, 1818 • Venus intuspunctata Anton, 1838 (junior synonym) • Venus nitens W. Turton, 1819 • Venus nitens Scacchi & Philippi in Philippi, 1844 • Venus pallei Requien, 1848 • Venus petalina Lamarck, 1818 • Venus phaseolina Lamarck, 1818 • Venus picturata Requien, 1848 (synonym) • Venus pulchella Lamarck, 1818 • Venus texturata Lamarck, 1818 Right and left valve of the same specimens: File:Polititapes aureus 03.jpg|Right valve File:Polititapes aureus 04.jpg|Left valve File:Polititapes aureus 01.jpg|var. beudantiRight valve File:Polititapes aureus 02.jpg|var. beudantiLeft valve File:Polititapes aureus 05.jpg|var. mabilleiRight valve File:Polititapes aureus 06.jpg|var. mabilleiLeft valve ==Description==
Description
• These are moderately convex valves with colore pale yellow, white or chestnut with broken zigzag lines, or dark-chestnut patches. On the other hand, the valves consistently golden yellow, hence its specific name. The sculpture is confined to moderately impressed concentric growth lines. ==References==