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)

Protapes
Protapes gallus shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Protapes Dall, 1902
Species
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