Protapes Explained

Protapes is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae.^[1] It includes the following species:

• Protapes brownianus (Preston, 1906)
• Protapes cor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
• Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791), the type species
• Protapes monstrosus (Römer, 1870)
• Protapes motsei J. Chen, S.-P. Zhang & L.-F. Kong, 2014
• Protapes rhamphodes (P. G. Oliver & Glover, 1996)
• Protapes roemeri M. Huber, 2010
• Protapes swenneni M. Huber, 2010
• Protapes ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507880 on 2020-05-06