African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Gomphinella Marwick, 1927

AphiaID

492508 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492508)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Gomphina Mörch, 1853

Rank

Genus

Parent

Meretricinae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Gomphina (Gomphinella) Marwick, 1927

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Species Gomphinella habei M. Huber, 2010 accepted as Gomphina habei (M. Huber, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Marwick, J. (1927). The Veneridae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 567-636., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1927-57.2.6.1.26
page(s): 631 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gomphinella Marwick, 1927. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492508 on 2026-10-13

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Gomphinella Marwick, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492508 on 2026-10-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-31 13:00:00Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2013-08-13 21:00:51Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2015-02-25 20:28:31Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-07-20 20:26:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-01-09 19:51:35Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2026-02-05 23:21:19Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Marwick, J. (1927). The Veneridae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 567-636., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1927-57.2.6.1.26
page(s): 631 [details]

source of synonymy Huber M. (2015). Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]