Gomphosphaeria aponina Kützing, 1836b: [no. 1] (type locality: Ábano Terme, near Padova, Italy).—Weber-van Bosse, 1913a: 8–9.— V. Krishnamurthy, 1954: 174.— Farghaly, 1980: 133.— Basson, Mohamed, & Arora, 1989: 32, fig. 10.— Basson, 1992: 223.— S. Silva, 1992a: 110, fig. 11.— S. Silva, 1992b: 101–102, fig. 4.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Bahrain, India, Indonesia (Flores), Madagascar, Mozambique.
Note: This species was recognized by Drouet & Daily (1956: 85).