In the mol-ecule of the title compound, (2-thienylcarbon-yl)(triphenyl-phospho-nio)methanide, C(24)H(19)OPS, the geometry around the P atom is nearly tetra-hedral and the O-C-C-P torsion angle is 2.80 (3)°. The thio-phene ring is twisted through an angle of 4.33 (4)° with respect to the plane of the carbonyl group. Inter- and intra-molecular hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions are present in the crystal structure.