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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. © rights reserved
Near Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Near Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
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, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Cape Maria van Diemen, NZ, (holotype)
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

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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