WoRMS taxon details
Gomphina Mörch, 1853
492507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492507)
accepted
Genus
Venus undulosa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Gomphina undulosa (Lamarck, 1818) (type by monotypy)
Cytherea (Gomphina) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Gomphina (Gomphinella) Marwick, 1927 · unaccepted
Gomphinella Marwick, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Trigona Jurine, 1807...)
non Trigona Jurine, 1807 [Hymenoptera]
Venus (Gomphina) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted
- Species Gomphina goudi Thach, 2016
- Species Gomphina habei (M. Huber, 2010)
- Species Gomphina maorum E. A. Smith, 1902
- Species Gomphina moerchi (Angas, 1872)
- Species Gomphina neastartoides (Yokoyama, 1922)
- Species Gomphina queenslandica (M. Huber, 2010)
- Species Gomphina undulosa (Lamarck, 1818)
- Subgenus Gomphina (Gomphinella) Marwick, 1927 accepted as Gomphina Mörch, 1853
- Subgenus Gomphina (Liocyma) Dall, 1870 accepted as Liocyma Dall, 1870 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Gomphina (Liocyma) fluctuosa (A. A. Gould, 1841) accepted as Liocyma fluctuosa (A. A. Gould, 1841) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Gomphina (Macridiscus) Dall, 1902 accepted as Macridiscus Dall, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Gomphina (Macridiscus) aequilatera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Macridiscus aequilatera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gomphina aequilatera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Macridiscus aequilatera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gomphina donacina (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) accepted as Macridiscus donacinus (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
- Species Gomphina fulgida Hedley, 1918 accepted as Gomphina undulosa (Lamarck, 1818) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gomphina maorum E. A. Smith, 1902 sensu Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1971 accepted as Gomphina moerchi (Angas, 1872) (misapplication)
- Species Gomphina melanaegis Römer, 1860 accepted as Macridiscus aequilatera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 19 [details]
page(s): 2: 19 [details]
Fossil range Miocene - Recent
Fossil range Miocene - Recent [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gomphina Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492507 on 2026-06-19
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original description
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 19 [details]
original description (of Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Gomphina (Gomphinella) Marwick, 1927) Marwick, J. (1927). The Veneridae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 567-636., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1927-57.2.6.1.26
page(s): 631 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L. A.; Popov, S. V.; Goncharova, I. A.; Guzhov, A. V.; Yanin, B. T.; Polubotko, I. V.; Biakov, A. S.; Gavrilova, V. A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries [Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk / Transactions of the Paleontological Institute.</em> 294: 1-524.
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page(s): 2: 19 [details]
original description (of Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Gomphina (Gomphinella) Marwick, 1927) Marwick, J. (1927). The Veneridae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 567-636., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1927-57.2.6.1.26
page(s): 631 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L. A.; Popov, S. V.; Goncharova, I. A.; Guzhov, A. V.; Yanin, B. T.; Polubotko, I. V.; Biakov, A. S.; Gavrilova, V. A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries [Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk / Transactions of the Paleontological Institute.</em> 294: 1-524.
page(s): 403 [details] Available for editors
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Goncharova I.A. (1986). The system and history of the tapetines (Bivalvia, Veneridae, Tapetinae) of the Neogene seas of West Eurasia. <em>Paleogene-Neogene bivalves of the Far East and Eastern Paratethys: A collection of scientific papers [= Палеоген-неогеновые двустворчатые моллюски Дальнего Востока и Восточного Паратетиса: Сборник научных трудов].</em> pp. 75-100. [details]
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Fossil range Miocene - Recent [details]
