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Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Gomphina (Genus)
> maorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gomphina (Gomphinella) Marwick, 1927
=Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
=Venus (Gomphina) Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Gomphinella maorum (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Images: Gomphina maorum (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Near Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 20mm
Near Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 20mm
Near Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 20mm
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Gomphina (Genus)
> maorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gomphina (Gomphinella) Marwick, 1927
=Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
=Venus (Gomphina) Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Gomphinella maorum (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Details: Gomphina maorum (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Size/Grows to:
Width 19mm, Height 16mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, and far northern North Island as far south as Taupiri Bay
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.745)
  • Gardner, N.W. Jan/1979 Gomphina maorum, Poirieria, 10(1) (p.1)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.426)
  • Smith, E.A. 1902 Description of a new species of Gomphina from New Zealand, Journal of Malacology, 9 (p.109) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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