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marine Mollusca of Pakistan

The coastal belt of Pakistan extends 1,050 km, with 250 km falling in Sindh province and 800 km in Balochistan. A checklist of coastal mollusks recorded from Pakistan is presented. The phylum is typically divided into nine or ten taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. The extant classes are Aplacophora ( Shell less worm-like organisms), Polyplacophora (Chitons), Monoplacophora (An ancient lineage of mollusks with cap-like shells), Gastropoda( All the snails and slugs including abalone, limpets, conch, nudibranchs, sea hares, sea butterflies), Cephalopoda (Squids, octopi, cuttlefish, nautilus), Bivalvia ( Clams, oysters, scallops, geoducks, mussels) and Scaphopoda (Tusk shells). Of these 5 extant classes are present here. This list is a compilation of many scientists’ endeavors in more than two hundred years on the taxonomy of this group. The compiler Quddusi B. Kazmi of this list has created a base for scientists interested in studying the biodiversity of Mollusca in Pakistan. The molluscan diversity of Pakistan is rather remarkable. There is, however, hitherto no functional malacofauna list or reliable estimates on the number of marine species found in Pakistan. The compiler examined her own samplings made in recent years, further she included those collected by other explorers and zoological museums keeping them up to date as to what species are known, and their current scientific names. As such, the compiler has tried to keep the data within as current as possible.

The coastal belt of Pakistan extends 1,050 km, with 250 km falling in Sindh province and 800 km in Balochistan. A checklist of coastal mollusks recorded from Pakistan is presented. The phylum is typically divided into nine or ten taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. The extant classes are Aplacophora ( Shell less worm-like organisms), Polyplacophora (Chitons), Monoplacophora (An ancient lineage of mollusks with cap-like shells), Gastropoda( All the snails and slugs including abalone, limpets, conch, nudibranchs, sea hares, sea butterflies), Cephalopoda (Squids, octopi, cuttlefish, nautilus), Bivalvia ( Clams, oysters, scallops, geoducks, mussels) and Scaphopoda (Tusk shells). Of these 5 extant classes are present here.
This list is a compilation of many scientists’ endeavors in more than two hundred years on the taxonomy of this group. The compiler Quddusi B. Kazmi of this list has created a base for scientists interested in studying the biodiversity of Mollusca in Pakistan. The molluscan diversity of Pakistan is rather remarkable. There is, however, hitherto no functional malacofauna list or reliable estimates on the number of marine species found in Pakistan.
The compiler examined her own samplings made in recent years, further she included those collected by other explorers and zoological museums keeping them up to date as to what species are known, and their current scientific names. As such, the compiler has tried to keep the data within as current as possible.

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MARINE MOLLUSCA OF PAKISTAN

The coastal belt of Pakistan extends 1,050 km, 250 km falling in Sindh province and 800 km in

Balochistan. A checklist of coastal molluscs recorded from Pakistan is presented. The phylum is

typically divided into nine or ten taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. The extant

classes are: Aplacophora ( Shell less worm-like organisms), Polyplacophora (Chitons), Monoplacophora

(An ancient lineage of molluscs with cap-like shells), Gastropoda( All the snails and slugs including

abalone, limpets, conch, nudibranchs, sea hares, sea butterflies) ,Cephalopoda (Squids, octopi,

cuttlefish, nautilus), Bivalvia ( Clams, oysters, scallops, geoducks, mussels) and Scaphopoda (Tusk

shells). Of these 5 extant classes are present here.

This list is a compilation of many scientists’ endeavors in more than two hundred years on the taxonomy

of this group. The compiler Quddusi B.Kazmi of this list has created a base for scientists interested in

studying biodiversity of Mollusca in Pakistan. Molluscan diversity of Pakistan is rather remarkable. There

is however, hitherto no functional malacofauna list or reliable estimates on the number of marine

species found in Pakistan.

The compiler examined her own samplings made in recent years, further she included those collected by

other explorers and zoological museums keeping them up to date as to what species are known, their

current scientific names. As such, compiler has tried to keep the data within as current as possible.

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List of marine molluscs of Pakistan

Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758

Class Polyplacophora Blainville, 1816

Order NeoloricataBergenhayn, 1955

Suborder IschnochitoniaBergenhayn, 1930

Family Chitonidae Rafinesque, 1815

Chiton (Rhyssoplax) peregrinus Thiele, 1909

Craspedochiton sp.

Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)

Lucilina fortilirata(Reeve, 1847)

Family Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893

Acanthochitona mahensis Winckworth, 1927

Notoplax arabica Kaas and Van Belle, 1988

Family Ischnochitonidae Dall, 1889

Ischnochitonyerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891)

Ischnochitonbouryi Dupuis, 1917

Ischnochiton comptus (Gould, 1859)

Class Scaphopoda Bronn, 1862


Order Dentaliida De Costa, 1776

Family DentaliidaeChildren, 1834

Coccodentalium carduus(Dall, 1889)

Dentalium aprinum Linnaeus, 1767

Dentalium tomlini Melvill, 1918

Dentalium octangulatum Donovan, 1804

Dentalium decemcostatumBrazier, 1877

Dentalium bisexangulaumSowerby, 1860

Dentalium javanumSowerby, 1860

Dentalium buccinulum Gould, 1859

Paradentalium hexagonum (Gould, 1859)

Tesseracme tesseragona (Sowerby in Broderip and Sowerby, 1832)

Tesseracme quadrapicalis (Hanley in Sowerby, 1860)

Tesseracme quadrangularis (Sowerby , 1832)

Antalis longitrorsa (Reeve, 1842)

Antalis porcata (Gould, 1859)

Antalis pilsbryi (Rehder, 1942)

Graptacme acutissima (R. B. Watson, 1879)

Order Gadilida Starobogatov, 1974

Family Gadilidae Stoliczka, 1868

Cadulus euloides Melvill and Standen, 1901

Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797

Subclass Patellogastropoda Lindberg, 1986(= Clade PatellogastropodaBouchet and

Rocroi, 2005)

Superfamily Patelloidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815

Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Lottioidea Gray, 1840

Family Lottiidae Gray, 1840

Patelloida saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Nacellidae Thiele, 1891

Cellan atoreuma (Reeve, 1854)

Cellana karachiensis (Winckworth, 1930)

Cellana ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Cellana testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subclass NeritimorphaGolikov and Starobogatov, 1975

Order Cycloneritida Bouchet ,Rocroi , Hausdorf , Kano , Nützel , Parkhaev , Schrödland

Strong ,2017

Superfamily Neritoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815

Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843)

Nerita adenensisMienis, 1978

Nerita balteata Reeve, 1855

Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758

Nerita litterata Gmelin, 1791

Nerita planospira Anton, 1838


Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791

Nerita undataLinnaeus, 1758

Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758

Nerita longii Récluz, 1842

Nerita dombeyi Récluz, 1841

Neritina communis Quoy and Gaimard, 1832

Mienerita debilis (Dufo, 1840)

Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)

Neripteron neglectum (Pease, 1861)

Subclass Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1989

Superfamily Haliotoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Haliotoidae Rafinesque, 1815

Haliotis asininaLinnaeus, 1758

Super family Fissurelloidea J. Fleming, 1822

Family Fissurellidae Fleming, 1822

Diodora funiculata (Reeve, 1850)

Diodora ticaonica (Reeve, 1850)

Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

Diodora singaporensis (Reeve, 1850)

Emarginula sp.

Medusafissurella salebrosa (Reeve, 1850)

Clypidina notata (Linnaeus, 1785)

Order Trochida Rafinesque, 1815

Superfamily Trochoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815

Monilea astrolabensis Melvill ,1897

Umbonium moniliferum (Lamarck, 1822)

Umbonium vestiarium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Conotalopia musiva (Gould, 1861)

Minolia eudeli (Deshayes, 1863)

Gibbula (Cantharidella)phaedraMelvill, 1897

Jujubinus striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thalotia beluchistanaMelvill, J. C.1897

Priotrochus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849)

Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873)

Agagus agagusJousseaume, 1894

Trochus erithreus Brocchi, 1821

Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Trochus radiatus Gmelin, 1791.

Trochus stellatus Gmelin, 1791

Clanculus ceylanicus Nevill and Nevill, 1869

Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clanculusscabrosus (Philippi, 1850)

Clanculus microdon Adams, 1853

Clanculus tonnerrei(G. Nevill and H. Nevill, 1874)

Monodonta australis (Lamarck, 1822)


Monodonta canalifera (Lamarck, 1801)

Monodontac nebulosa (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)

Stomatiaphy motisHelbling, 1779

Family Calliostomatidae Thiele, 1924 (1847)

Calliostoma scobinatum (Adams in Reeve, 1863)

Calliostoma ocellatum (Reeve, 1863)

Calliostoma tranquebaricum (Roding, 1798)

Family Solariellidae Powell, 1951

Minoli aeudeli (Deshayes, 1863)

Family Skeneidae Clark, 1851

Conradia eutornisca (Melvill, 1918)

Family Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe&Oyama, 1971

Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791)

Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)

Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791)

Tectus dentatus (Forksal, 1775)

Tegula sp.

Family Liotiidae Gray, 1850

Cyclostrema solariellum Melvill, 1893

Pseudoliotia micans (A. Adams, 1850)

Family Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Astralium semicostatum (Kiener, 1850)

Astralium stellare (Gmelin, 1791)

Guildfordia triumphans (Philippi, 1841)

Bolma girgyllus (Reeve, 1843

Turbo petholatusLinnaeus, 1758

Turbo chrysostomusLinnaeus, 1758

Turbo intercostalisMenke, 1846

Turbo argyrostomusLinnaeus, 1758

Turbo bruneus (Röding, 1798)

Lunellacoronata (Gmelin, 1791)

Superfamily SeguenzioideaVerril, 1884

Family Chilodontidae Wenz, 1938

Granata elegans (Gray, 1847)

Granata sulcifera (Lamarck, 1922)

Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791)

Euchelu satratus (Gmelin, 1791)

Euchelus bicinctus(Philippi, 1849)

Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853)

Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864)

Superfamily Phasianelloidea Swainson, 1840

Family PhasianellidaeSwainson, 1840

Phasianella variegataLamarck, 1822

Phasianella nivosa Reeve, 1862


Superfamily Angarioidea Williams, Karube and Ozawa, 2008

Family Angariidae Gray, 1857

Angaria sphaerula (Kiener, 1839)

Angaria vicdani Kosuge, 1980

Family Areneidae McLean, 2012

Arene sp.

Subclass Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960

Order LittorinimorphaGolikov&Starobogatov, 1975

Superfamily Triphoroidea Gray, 1847

Family Triphoridae Gray, 1847

Triphora acuta (Kiener, 1841)

Viriola corrugata (Hinds, 1843)

Family Cerithiopsidae H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853

Seilahin duorum (Melvill, 1898)

Cerithiopsis spp.

Superfamily Cerithioidea Fér- ussac, 1819

Family Litiopidae Gray, 1847

Gibborissoia virgata (Philippi, 1849)

Family Scaliolidae Jousseaume, 1912

Finella purpureoapicata (Preston, 1905)

Finella tanyspiraMelvill and Standen ,1901

Scaliola arenosa A. Adams, 186

Family Cerithiidae Fleming, 1822

Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby, 1855

Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834

Cerithium scabridum Philippi, 1848

Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1822

Colina pinguis (Adams, 1855)

Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clypeomorus nympha Houbrick, 1985

Clypeomorus bifasciata (Sowerby II, 1855

Bittium atramentarium Melvill and Standen, 1901

Family Batillariidae Thiele, 1929

Batillaria sordida (Gmelin, 1791)

Family Potamididae Adams and Adams, 1854

Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)

Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791

Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822)

Family Planaxidae Gray, 1850

Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1778)


Family TurritellidaeLovén, 1847

Turritella cochlea Reeve, 1849

Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turritella duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turritella trisulcata Lamarck, 1822

Turritella torulosaKiener, 1843

Turritella columnaris Kiener, 1843

Turritella fultoni Melvill and Standen, 1901taxon inquirendum

Turritella bicingulata Lamarck, 1822

Archimediella maculata (Reeve, 1849)

Order Meloinmorpha Golikov and Starobogatov, 1975

Superfamily Rissooidea Gray, 1847

Family Rissoinidae Stimpson, 1865

Rissoina applanata Melvill, 1893

Phosinella clathrata (A. Adams, 1853)

Family Barleeiidae Gray, 1857

Barleeia sp.

Superfamily Littorinoidea Children, 1834

Family Littorinidae Children, 1834

Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822)

Littoraria strigata (Philippi, 1846)

Littoraria melanostoma(Gray, 1839)

Littoraria scabra (Linneaus, 1758)

Littoraria undulata(Gray, 1839)

Littoraria carinifera (Menke, 1830)

Echinolittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791) ,

Echinolittorina omanensisReid, 2007

Echinolittorina leucosticta (Philippi, 1847)

Echinolittorina vidua(Gould, 1859)

Nodilittorina pyramidalis (Quoy and Gaimrd, 1833)

Peasiellainfra costata (Issel,1869)

Peasiella isseli (Semper in Issel, 1869)

Family Modulidae Fischer, 1884

Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)

SuperfamilyTruncatelloidea Gray, 1840

Family Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897

Circulus cingulifera (Adams, 1850)

Vitrinella sp .

Superfamily Velutinoidea Gray,1840

Family Velutinidae Gray, 1840

Lamellaria perspicua(Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Capuloidea Fleming, 1822

Family Capulidae Fleming, 1822

Lippistes cornu (Gmelin, 1791)

Superfamily Rissooidea J.E. Gray, 1847

Family ZebinidaeCoan, 1964


Zebina sp

Stosicia paschalis(Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Stosicia annulata (Dunker, 1859)

Schwartziella triticea (Pease, 1861)

Rissoina distans(Anton, 1839)

Rissoina crassa Angas, 1871

Merelina petronella (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Superfamily Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Strombidae Rafinesque, 1815

Gibberulus gibberulus (Linnaeus, 1758

Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)

Laevistrombus canarium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Conomurex fasciatus (Born, 1778)

Conomurex persicus(Swainson, W.A., 1821)

Lambis (Lambis) truncatasebae (Kiener, L.C., 1843)

Margistrombus succinctus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Family Rostellariidae Gabb, 1868

Tibia curta (Sowerby, 1842

Tibia fusus (Linnaeus, 1758

Rostellariella delicatula (Nevill, 1881)

Superfamily Xenophoroidea Troschel, 1852

Family XenophoridaeTroschel, 1852 (1840 )

Xenophora corrugata (Reeve,1842)

Xenophora pallidulla(Reeve, 1842)

Stellaria solaris(Linnaeus, 1764)

Superfamily Calyptraeoidea Lamarck, 1809

Family Calyptraeidae Blainville, 1824

Desmaulus extinctorium (Lamarck, 1822)

Calyptraea spinifera(Gray, 1867)

Calyptraea pellucida (Reeve, 1859)

Crucibulum sp.

Crepidula plana Say, 18221

Ergaea walshi (Reeve, 1859)

Superfamily Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840

Family HipponicidaeTroschel, 1861

Hipponix sp.

Cheileae questris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Amathinidae Ponder, 1987

Amathina sp.

Family Eulimidae Philippi, 1853

Niso venosa G. B. Sowerby III, 1895

Eulima bivittata (H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853)

Parvioriss tyliferoides (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Superfamily Cypraeoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus,1758)


Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mauritia arabica asiatica Schilderand Schilder, 1939

Mauritia grayana Schilder, 1930

Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)

Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791

Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)

Palmadusta lentiginosa buhariensis (Jonklas and Nicolay 1977

Erosaria dorsally fulvous (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erosaria turdus (Lamarck, 1810)

Erronea succinctasuccincta(Linnaeus, 1758)

Erronea caurica Linnaeus, 1758

Erronea pallida (J. E. Gray, 1824)

Erronea adustapersicaSchilder&Schilder ,1938

Cypraea tigrisLinnaeus, 1758

Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791)

Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

Cypraeovulafus corubra (Shaw, 1909)

Naria lamarckii (J.E. Gray, 1825)

Naria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1817)

Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Luria pulchra (Gray, 1824)

Family Ovulidae Fleming, 1822

Crenovolva sp.

Primovula tropica Schilder, 1931

Superfamily Velutinoidea Gray,1840

Family TriviidaeTroschel, 1863

Proterato olivaria (Melvill, 1899)

Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1810)

Superfamily Naticoidea Forbes,1838

Family Naticidae Guilding, 1834

Natic amarochiensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Natic aqueketti Sowerby III, 1894

Natica cincta Récluz, 1850

Natica vitellus Linnaeus, 1758

Natica forata Reeve, 1855

Notocochlis tigrina (Röding, 1798)

Notocochlisgualteriana(Récluz, 1844)

Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798)

Tanea lineata (Röding, 1798)

Neverita josephinaRisso, 1826

Neverita didyma (Roding,1789)

Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758)


Mammilla fibrosa (Gray, 1850)

Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sinumn eritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sinum planulatum (Récluz, 1843)

Vanikoro cancellata (Lamarck, 1822)

Vanikoro cuvieriana (Récluz, 1844)

Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1791)

Sigatica pomatiella (Melvill, 1893)

Superfamily Tonnoidea Suter, H., 1913( 1825)

Family Cassidae Latreille, 1825

Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert and Wagner, 1829

Family Bursidae Thiele, 1925

Tutufa bardeyi (Jousseaume, 1881)

Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798)

Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tutufa oyamaiHabe, 1973

Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)

Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816)

Bufonaria perelegans Beu, 1987

Bursa granularis (Roding, 1798)

Cymatium ranzanii (Bianconi, 1850)

Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis-Marschlins, 1793)

Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758

Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)

Lotoria perryi (Emerson and Old, 1963)

Gyrineum natator (Roeding, 1798)

Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ranella australasia(Perry, 1811)

Family Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825)

Tonna dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tonna luteostoma(Kuster, 1857)

Tonna rosemaryae Vos, 1999

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Personidae Gray, 1854

Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Ficoidea Meek, 1864

FamilyFicidae Meek, 1864 (1840)

Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ficus gracilis (Sowerby, 1825)

Ficus variegata Röding, 1798

Superfamily Epitonioidea Berry, 1812

Family EpitoniidaeBerry, 1910

Amaea minor (Sowerby II, 1873)

Epitoniumscalare (Linnaeus, 1758)

Epitonium lacrimaKilburn, 1985


Epitonium pyramidale (Sowerby, 1844)

Epitonium melior (Melvill and Standen, 1903)

Epitonium eclecticum (Melvill and Standen, 1903)

Epitonium zatrephes (Melvill, 1910)

Epitonium pallasi (Kiener, 1838)

Epitonium emiliae (Melvill and Standen, 1903)

Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)

Opalia hidryma (Melvill, 1899)

Cirsotrema varicosum (Lamarck, 1822)

Constantia standeniMelvill, 1899

FamilyJanthinidae Leach, 1823

Janthinajanthina (Linnaeus, 1758)

JanthinaglobosaSwainson, 1822

RecluziarollandianaPetit de la Saussaye, 1853

Superfamily Truncatelloidea Gray,1840

Family Iravadiidae Thiele, 1928

Pellamora densilabrum (Melvill, 1912)

Iravadia ictriella (Melvill, 1910)

Order Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938

Superfamily Pterotracheoidea Rafinesque, 1814

Family Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814

Firoloida desamarestia Leseur, 1817

Pterotrachea coronate Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775

SuperfamilyMuricoideaRafinesque, 181

Family Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860

Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844)

Vexillum daedalum ( Reeve, 1845)

Family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828

Bullata shoplandi(Melvill, 1897 )

Cryptospira aff. strigata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815

Subfamily Rapaninae Gray, 1853

Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893)

Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)

Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)

Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822

Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822)

Subfamily Ergalataxinae Kuroda, Habe and Oyama, 1971

Tenguella granulata (Duclos, 1832)

Drupella margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip and Sowerby, 1833)

Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778)

Orania subnodulosa (Melvill, 1893)

Rapanara piformis (Born, 1778)

Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)


Tylothais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)

Volema myristica Röding, 1798

Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

Mancinella echinulata (Lamarck, 1822)

Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)

Subfamily Ergalataxinae Kuroda, Habe and Oyama, 1971

Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008

Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)

Morula uva (Röding, 1798)

Morula anaxares (Kiener, 1836)

Cronia (Cronia) amygdala (Kiener, 1835)

Subfamily Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Hexaplex kusterianus (Tapperone- Canefri, 1875)

Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798)

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Haustellum langleitaeHouart,1993

Vokesimurex dolichourus (Ponder and Vokes, 1988)

Vokesimurex malabaricus (E. A. Smith, 1894)

Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)

Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798)

Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822

Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881)

Murex pecten Lightfoot, 1786

Subfamily Ocinebrinae Cossmann ,1903

Muricopsisbombayanus (Melvill,1893)

Family Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe and Oyama, 1971

Babylonia formosae (Sowerby, 1866)

Babylonia japonica(Reeve, 1842)

Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965

Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822)

Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Turbinellidae Swainson, 1840

Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Conoidea Fleming, 1822

Family Clathurellidae H. Adams and A. Adams, 1858

Etremaspur capasniensis (Melvill, J.C., 1917)

Etremacras silabrum (Reeve, 1843 )

Lienardia cardinalis (Reeve,1845

Lienardia obtusicostata (E. A. Smith, 1882)

Lienardia rugosa (Mighels, 1845)

Lienardia soror (Smith, E.A., 1882 )

Clathurella lemniscala G. and II.Nevill, 1875

Paraclathurellagracilenta (Reeve, 1843)

Family Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875

Daphnella tetartemoris (Melvill, J.C., 1910)

Pseudodaphnella tincta (Reeve, 1846)


Kermia albicaudata (E. A. Smith, 1882)

Kermia foraminata (Reeve,1845)nomen dubium

Daphnella axis(Reeve,1846)

Superfamily Buccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Subfamily Pisaniinae Gray, 1857

Pisania tritonoides (Reeve, 1846)

Cantharus spiralis Gray, 1839

Pollia undosa (Linnaeus, 1758

Pollia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846

Prodotia townsendi (Melvill, 1918)

Phos senticosus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Phos gladysiae Melvill and Standen, 1901

Engina zea Melvill, 1893

Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836)

Nassaria acuminata (Reeve, 1844)

Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893)

Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871

Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Melongena bucephala (Lamarck, 1822)

Family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853

Fusolatirus pagodaeformis (Melvill, 1899)

Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798

Fusinuscolus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Fusinus townsendi (Melvill, 1899)

Fusinus forceps (Perry, 1811)

Peristernia pulchella(Reeve, 1847)

Marmorofusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)

Family Nassariidae Iredale, 1916

Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851

Nassarius pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nassarius obockiensis (Jousseaume, 1888

Nassarius himeroessa (Melvill and Standen, 1903)

Nassarius jactabundus(Melvill, 1906)

Nassarius sinusigerus(Adams, 1852)

Nassarius reeveanus (Dunker, 1847)

Nassarius leptospirus( Adams, 1852)

Nassarius persicus (von Martens, 1874)

Nassarius perpinguis (Hinds, 1844)

Nassarius fenistrata (Marrat, 1877)

Nassarius luridus(Gould, 1850)

Nassarius limnaeiformis(Dunker, 1847)

Nassarius mammilliferus (Melvill, 1897)

Nassarius pauperus (Lamarck, 1822)

Nassarius ischnus (Melvill, 1899)


Nassarius sufflatus (Gould, 1860

Nassarius obesus (Nevill and Nevill,1875)

Nassarius marmoreus (Adams,1852)

Nassarius (Niotha) albescens gemmuliferus(A. Adams, 1852)

Nassrius coronatus(Bruguiere,1789)

Nassarius livescens (Philippi, 1849)

Nassarius deshyesiana (Issel, 1866)

Nassarius fissilabris (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius protrusidens (Melvill, 1918)

Nassarius frederici (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Reticunassa zanzibarensis (Kool & Dekker, 2007)

Bullia indusindica Melvill, 1898

Bullia kurrachensis Angas, 1877

Bullia mauritianaGray, 1839

Bullia persica Smith, 1878

Bullia melanoides(Deshayes, 1832)

Bullia tranquebarica (Röding, 1798)

Bullia ceroplasta, Melvill 1898

Bullia othaeitensis (Bruguière, 1789)

Family ColumbellidaeSwainson, 1840

Aesopus urania Melvill and Standen, 1901

Anachis cf. fauroti (Jousseaume, 1888)

Anachis terpsichore (G. B. Sowerby II, 1822)

Anachis miser(G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)

Mitrella nomadica (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Mitrella blanda (Sowerby, 1844

Zafra savignyi (Moazzo, 1939)

Zafra townsendi (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Zafra selasphora (Melvill and Standen, 1901

Zafra phaula (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Pyrene flava (Bruguiere, 1789)

Pyrene splendidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)

Pyrene punctata (Bruguière, 1789)

Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807)

Parviterebra thyraea (Melvill and Standen, 1897)

Family Harpidae Bronn, 1849

Harpa cabriti Lamarck, 1816

Family MitridaeSwainson, 1831

Mitra ambigua Swainson, 1829

Mitra caliginosa Reeve, 1844

Mitra proscissaReeve, 1844

Mitra subruppeli Finlay, 1927

Tiara tuberculata (Mullher, 1774

Strigatella scutulata (Gmelin, 1791)

Superfamily Olivoidea Latreille, 1825

Family OlividaeLatreille, 1825


Subfamily Olivine Latreille, 1825

Oliva bulbosa (Roding,1798)

Oliva australis Duclos, 1835

Oliva concavospiraSowerby III, 1914

Oliva elegans Lamarck, 1811

Oliva mustelina Lamarck, 1811

Oliva olive (Linnaeus, 1758

Oliva oliva stellata (Duclos, 1835)

Oliva reticulata (Roding, 1798)

Oliva sericea (Roding, 1798)

Oliva tremulina Lamarck, 1811

Agaronia gibbosa (Born ,1778 )

Agaronia pallida (Swainson, 1832)

Agaronia ancillarioides (Reeve, 1850)

Anazola gibbosa (Born, 1778)

Subfamily Ancillinae Swainson, 1853

Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)

Ancilla boschi (Kilburn, 1980)

Ancilla scaphella (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)

Sparella farsiana (Kilburn, 1981

Family Conidae Rafinesque, 1815

Conus sponsalis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus striatellus Link, 1807

Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus parvatus Walls, 1979

Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791

Conus virgo Linnaeus, 1758

Conus miliaris Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus hyaena Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786

Conus aculeiformisReeve, 1844

Conus biliosus (Roding, 1798

Conus coronatus Gmelin, 1791

Conus buxeusloroisii Kiener, 1845

Conus generalis Linnaeus, 1767

Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894

Conus milneedwardsi clytospira Melvill and Standen, 1899

Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758

Conus catus Hwass, 1792

Conus magus Linnaens, 1758

Conus locumtenens Blumenbach, 1791

Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758

Conus emaciatus Reeve, 1849

Conus flavidus Lamarck, 1810

Conus chaldaeus (Roding, 1789)

Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792


Conus vautieri Kiener, 1849

Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758

Conus tessulatus Born, 1778

Conus marchionatusHinds, 1843

Conus luteus Sowerby, 1833

Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby, 1858

Conus coffeae Gmelin, 1791

Conus frigidus Reeve, 1848

Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758

Conus elegans G. B. Sowerby III, 1895

Conus inscriptus Reeve, 1843

Conus bengalensis (Okutani, 1968)

Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758

Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758

Conus episcopatus da Motta, 1982

Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810

Conus canonicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus maldivus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus litoglyphus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758

Conus terebra Born, 1778

Conasprella dictator (Melvill, 1898)

Conasprella stocki (Coomans and Moolenbeek, 1990)

Conasprella ramalhoi (Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986)

Conasprella elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)

Conasprella saecularis (Melvill, 1898)

Conasprella coromandelica (E. A. Smith, 1894)

Family Borsoniidae Bellardi, 1875

Tomopleura vertebrata (E. A. Smith, 1875)

Tomopleura nivea (Philippi, 1851)

Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Tomopleura pouloensis (Jousseaume, 1883)

Microdrillia patricia (Melvill, 1904)

Family Pseudomelatomidae Morrison, 1966

Crassispira sinensis (Hinds, 1843)

Epideira multiseriata (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Gemmula speciosa (Reeve, 1843)

Inquisitor intertinctus (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Inquisitor variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Ptychobela baynhami (E. A. Smith, 1891)

Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791)

Family Drillidae Olsson, 1964

Splendrillia persica (E. A. Smith, 1888)

Drillia major (Reeve,1843)

Drillia griffithii (Reeve, 1843)


Clavus obliquatus (Reeve, 1845)

Clavus sacra (Reeve, 1845)

Fenimorea fucata (Reeve, 1845)

Family Terebridae Adams and Adams, 1854

Partecosta tenera (Hinds, 1844)

Partecosta nassoides (Hinds, 1844)

Partecosta macandrewi (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Partecosta tantilla (E. A. Smith, 1873)

Partecosta fuscocincta (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Partecosta fuscobasis (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Myurellopsis guphilae (Poppe, Tagaro & Terryn, 2009)

Maculauger cinctellus (Deshayes, 1859)

Duplicaria duplicata Linnaeus, 1758

Duplicaria similis (E. A. Smith, 1873)

Duplicaria spectabilis (Hinds, 1844) (taxon inquirendum)

Duplicaria edgarii (Melvill, 1898)

Duplicaria tricincta (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Duplicaria remanalva (Melvill, 1910)

Duplicaria lamarckii (Kiener, 1837)

Terebra anilis (Röding, 1798)

Terebra picta Hinds, 1844

Terebra helichrysum Melvill & Standen, 1903

Terebra cognata Smith, 1877

Terebra polygyrata Deshayes, 1859

Punctoterebra trismacaria ( Melvill, 1917)

Euterebra capensis (E. A. Smith, 1873)

Euterebra severa (Melvill, 1897)

Impages nana (Deshayes, 1859)

Impages nassoides (Hinds, 1844)

Hastula modesta (Deshayes, 1859)

Hastula nana (Deshayes, 1859)

Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Granuliterebra bathyrhaphe (E.A.Smith, 1875)

Granuliterebra persica (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Family TurridaeSwainson, 1840

Subfamily Clavatulinae Gray, 1853

Clavatula sp.

Turris amicta (Smith, 1877)

Turris chilosema Melvill,1952

Subfamily Turriculinae Powel, 1942

Turricula javana (Linnaeus, 1767)

Turricula tornatafulminata (Kiener, 1839)

Turricula nelliae (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Family Horaiclavidae Bouchet, Kantor, Sysoev and Puillandre, 2011

Paradrillia inconstans prunulum(Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Paradrillia inconstans (E. A. Smith, 1875)

Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969


Family Mangeliidae Fischer, 1884

Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846)

Mangelia horneana Smith, 1884

Mangelia myrmecodes Melvill and Standen,1901

Mangilia theskeloides Melvill,1889

Mangelia costulata Risso, 1826

Mangelia chilosema Melvill,1899

Mangelia albolabiata E.A. Smith, 1882

Pseudoraphitoma averina (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Pseudoraphitoma perlonga Melvill, 1899

Pseudorhaphitoma fairbanki (G. Nevill and H. Nevill, 1875)

Pseudoraphitoma ditylota (Melvill, 1912)

Pseudoraphitoma scitula (Smith, 1884)

SubClass Heterobranchia Gray,1840

Family Amphibolidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822)

Infraclass Opisthobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848

Order Pleurobranchomorpha Schmekel, 1985

Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea Gray,1827

Family Pleurobranchidae Gray, 1827

Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804

Pleurobranchus forskaliiRüppell and Leuckart, 1828

Superfamily Pyramidelloidea Gray, 1840

Family Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840

Subfamily Turbonillinae Bronn, 1849

Turbonilla templarisMelvill, 1898

Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)

Turbonilla exilispira Melvill, 1918

Turbonilla julia Melvill, 1910

Turbonilla umbrina Melvill, 1918

Turbonilla candida (Adams, 1855)

Turbonilla unicincta Melvill, 1910

Turbonilla stegastris Melvill and Standen, 1901

Turbonilla charbarensis Melvill and Standen, 1901

Cingulina spina (Crosse and Fischer, 1864)

Odostomia major Melvill and Standen, 1901

Odostomia antelia Melvill, 1896

Pyrgulina pyrgomella (Melvill, 1896)

Pyrgulina casta A. Adams, 1861

Babella glycisma (Melvill, 1899)

Chrysallida pirinthella (Melvill, 1910 )

Chrysallida decorata (Philippi, 1849)

Tropaeas brunneomaculata (Melvill, 1897)

Tropaeas strigulata (A. Adams, 1863)

Syrnola karachiensis Melvill, 1897

Syrnola metria Melvill, 1910


Syrnola elegans A. Adams, 1860

Syrnola cinctella A. Adams, 1860

Syrnola brunnea(A. Adams, 1854)

Syrnola mekranica Melvill and Standen, 1904

Pyrgulina epentromidea Melvill, 1899

Pyrgulina milicha Melvill, 1911

Pyrgulina jllanorce Melvill, 1903

Mumiola spirata (A. Adams, 1860)

Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)

Miralda opephoraMelvill, 1898

Miralda gemma (A. Adams, 1861

Oscilla tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884)

Oscilla indica Melvill, 1896

Otopleura mitralis Adams, 1855

Pyramidella maculosa Lamarck, 1822

Pyramidella dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monotigma fulva (A. Adams, 853)

Superfamily Architectonicoidea Gray, 1840

Family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850

Architectonica arcana Bieler, 1993

Architectonica laevigata ( Lamarck, 1816)

Architectonica nobilis Roding, 1798.

Architectonica perspective (Linnaeus, 1758)

Architectonica maxima (Phillipi, 1849)

Architectonica laevigata (Lamarck, 1816)

Adelphotectonica kuroharai (Kuroda and Habe in Habe, 1961)

Haliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Heliacus cerdaleus (Melvill and Standen, 1903)

Heliacus implexus Mighels, 1845

Heliacus stramineus (Gmelin, 1791)

Infraclass Pulmonata Cuvier in Blainville,1814

Order SystellommatophoraPilsbry, 1948

Family PupillidaeTurton, 1831

Pupoides karachiensis Peile, 1929

Superfamily Onchidioidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Onchidiidae Gray 1824

Onchidella sp.

Paromoionchis daemelli (Semper, 1885)

Peronia peronii (Cuvier, 1804)

Peronia verruculata (Cuvier, 1830)

Wallaconchis simrothi (Plate, 1893)

Superfamily Ellobioidea L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822)

Family Ellobiidae L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822)

Laemodonta sykesii (Melvill,1897

Laemodonta concinnum (H. and A. Adams, 1853)

Melampus taeniolatus Hombron and Jacquinot,1851


Melampus castaneus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1818

Ellobium opportunatum Gould, A.A., 1859

Superfamily Siphonarioidea Gray, 1827

Family Siphonariidae Gray, 1840

Siphonaria rosea Hubendick, 1943

Siphonaria javanica (Lamarck, 1819)

Siphonaria siphon Sowerby, 1830

Siphonaria atra Quoy and Gaimarid, 1833

Siphonaria belcheri Hanley, 1858

Siphonaria asghar Biggs, 1958

Siphonaria kurracheensis (Reeve, 1856)

Siphonaria savignyiiKrauss, 1848

Siphonaria basseinensis Melvilland Abercrombie ,1892

Order Architectibranchia Haszprunar, 1985

Superfamily Ringiculoidea Philippi, 1853

Family Ringiculidae Philippi, 1853

Ringicula propinquans Hinds, 1844

Order/clade Cephalaspidea Fischer, 1883

Superfamily Acteonoidea D'Orbigny, 1835

Family ActeonidaeOrbigny, 1835

Pupa solidulaLinnaeus, 1767

Pupa sulcata (Gmelin, 1791)

Pupa affinis (Adams, 1855)

Acteocina crithodes (Melvill and Standen, 1901)

Family Aplustridae Gray, 1847

Hydatina albocincta van der Hoeven, 1811

Hydatina physis Linnaeus, 1758

Hydatina zonata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Superfamily Philinoidea Gray, 1850

Family AglajidaePilsbry, 1895 (1847)

Chelidonura electra Rudman, 1970

Family Cylichnidae H. Adams and A. Adams, 1854

Tornatina townsendi Melvill, 1898

Family Philinidae Gray, 1850

Philine lima (Brown, 1827)

Philine kurodai Habe, 1952

Philine asperta (Linnaeus, 1767)

Family Haminoeidae Pilsbry, 1895

Haminoea tenera Adams, 1858

Haminoea natalensis (Krauss, 1848)species inquirenda

Haminoea elegans A.Adams, 1850,misidentification

Bakawan fusca (A. Adams, 1850)

Bakawan rotundata (A. Adams, 1850)

Atys cf cylindrica Hinds, 1779

Haloa japonica (Pilsbry, 1895), most likely a misidentification

Bullacta exarata (Philippi, 1849)


Family Bullidae Rafinesque, 1815

Bulla ampulla Linnaeus, 1758

Bulla arabica Malaquias and Reid, 2008

Order Anaspidea Fischer, 1883

Family AplysiidaeLaplysiens Lamarck, 1809

Aplysia argus Rüppell and Leuckart, 1830

Aplysia oculifera Adams and Reeve, 1850

Aplysia parvula Mörch, 1863

Aplysia sp.2 near Aplysia dactylomela

Aplysia juliana Quoy and Gaimard, 1832

Aplysia cornigera Sowerby, 1869

Syphonota geographica (Adams and Reeve, 1856)

Family Notarchidae Eales and Engel, 1935

Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817

Order SacoglossaIhering, 1876

Suborder Plakobranchacea Jensen,1996

Superfamily Plakobranchoidea Gray,1840

Family Plakobranchidae Gray,1840

Elysia grandifolia Kelaart, 1858

Elysia expansa(O'Donoghue, 1924)

Elysia near maoria Powell, 1937

Superfamily Limapontioidea Gray,1847

Family CaliphyllidaeThiele, 1931

Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858)

Polybranchia virdis (Deshayes, 1857)

Cycerce sp.

Order Pleurobranchomorpha WoRMS editors,2010

Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea Gray, 1827

Family Pleurobranchidae Gray, 1827

Berthellina citrine (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828)

Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)

Order Nudibranchia Blainville, 1814

Suborder Euctenidiacea Tardy, 1970

Infraorder Doridacea Thiele, 1931

Superfamily Onchidoridoidea Gray,1827

Family Goniodorididae H. and A. Adams, 1854

Goniodoris modesta Alder and Hancock, 1864

Okenia spp.

Ancula sp.

Family Phyllidiidae Rafinesque, 1814

Phyllidia picta Pruvot-Fol, 1957

Phyllidia rueppelii (Bergh, 1869)

Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier, 1804

Superfamily Polyceroidea Alder and Hancock, 1845

Family Polyceridae Alder and Hancock, 1845

Subfamily Polycerinae Alder and Hancock, 1845


Thecacera peningera (Montagu, 1804)

Subfamily KalinginaePruvot-Fol, 1956

Kalinga ornate Alder and Hancock, 1864

Subfamily Nembrothinae Burn, 1967

Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba, 1936)

Superfamily Doridoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815

Doris cameroni (Allan, 1947)

Family Discodorididae Bergh, 1891

Discodoris concinna Alder and Hancock (Alder and Hancock 1964)

Sebadoris fragilis (Alder and Hancock 1964)

Artachaea sp .

Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1858)

Joruna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804)

Rostanga muscula (Abraham, 1877)

Rostanga calumus Rudmann and Avern, 1989

Family Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891

Glossodoris rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890)

Glossodoris pallida (RüppellLeuckart, 1830)

Chromodoris tumulifera (Collingwood, 1881)

Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot, 1904)

Goniobranchus petechialis (Gould, 1852)

Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot,1904)

Goniobranchus kuniei (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)

Goniobranchus decorus (Pease,1860)

Goniobranchus decorus (Pease, 1860)

Hypselodoris pulchella (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828)

Hypselodoris infucata obscura complex(Ruppell and Leuckart, 1830)

Hypselodoris ghardaqana (Gohar&Aboul-Ela, 1957)

Family Dendrodorididae O'Donoghue, 1924 (1864)

Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850)

Dendrodoris miniata (Alder and Hancock, 1864)

Dendrodoris nigra(Stimpson, 1856)

Dendrodoris nigromaculata (Cockerell and Eliot, 1905)

Dendrodoris fumata (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1831)

Superfamily Polyceroidea Alder and Hanchock, 1845

Family Polyceridae Alder and Hancock, 1845

Tambja morosa(Bergh, 1877)

Crimora sp.

Family Dotoidae Gray, 1853

Doto cf kya Marcus,

Suborder Dexiarchia Schrödl, Wägele and Willan, 2001

Infraorder Euarminida Odhner, 1939

Superfamily Arminoidea Iredale and O'Donoghue, 1923 (1841)

Family Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814

Armina cf.babai (Tchang, 1934)


Armina cf.punctilopsisLin, 1992

Armina cara Marcus, 1971

Infraorder Dendronotida Odhner, 1934

Family Bornellidae Bergh, 1874

Bornella stellifer (Adams and Reeve in Adams, 1848)

Family Phyllidiidae Rafinesque, 1814

Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858)

Suborder Dexiarchia Schrödl, Wägele and Willan, 2001

Infra order Aeolidida Cuvier, 1798

Superfamily Aeolidioidea Gray, 1827

Family Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889

Coryphellina rubrolineata O-Donoghue, 1929

Family MadrellidaePreston, 1911

Madrella sp.

Family Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889

Cuthona aff columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)

Family Facelinidae Bergh in Carus, 1889

Phidiana militaris (Alder and Hancock, 1864)

Family Limapontiidae Gray, 1847

Placida daguilarensisJensen, 1990

Cratena sp.

Family AeolidiidaeGray, 1827

Anteaeolidiella indica (Bergh, 1888)

Superfamily Cavolinioidea Gray,1850

Family Creseidae Rampal, 1973

Creseis clava (Rang, 1828)

Creseis chierchiae(Boas, 1886)

Creseis virgula Rang, 1828

Hyalocylis striata (Rang, 1828)

Family Cavoliniidae Gray, 1850 (1815)

Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767

Styliola subula (Quoy and Gaimard, 1827)

Diacavolinia flexipesVan der Spoel, Bleeker and Kobayasi, 1993

Diacria costata(Pfeffer, 1879) taxon inquirendum

Diacria quadridentata (de Blainville,

Suborder Pseudothecosomata Meisenheimer, 1905

Superfamily Cymbulioidea Gray,1840

Family Desmopteridae Dall,1921

Desmopterus papilioChun,1899

Suborder Euthecosomata Meisenheimer, 1905

Superfamily Limacinoidea Gray,1840

Family LimacinidaeGray, 1840

Limacina trochiforms (d’Orbigny, 1836)

Limacina bulimoides (d’Orbigny, 1834)

Heliconoides inflatus (d'Orbigny, 1834)

Class Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758


Subclass Protobranchia Pelseneer, 1889

Order Nuculanida Dall, 1889

Superfamily Nuculoida Dall, 1889 (Nut shells)

Family Nuculidae Gray, 1924

Ennuculalayardii (A. Adams, 1856)

Saccella bellula (A. Adams, 1856)

Family YoldiidaeDall, 1908

Orthoyoldia lepidula (A. Adams, 1856)

Scissileda tropica (Melvill, 1897)

Subclass PteriomorphiaBeurlen, 1944

Order MytiloidaFerussac, 1822

Family Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1915

Perna viridis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)

Modiolus hanleyi Dunker, 1822

Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)

Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)

Lithophaga attenuataDeshayes, 1836

Lithophaga(Leiosolenus) appendiculatus (Philippi, 1846) .

Lithophaga lithophaga( Linnaeus, 1758

Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846)

Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny, 1853)

Lithophagamalaccana Reeve, 1857

Musculus laevigatus (Gray, 1824)

Musculus cumingiana(Reeve, 1857)

Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Septiferexcisus (Wiegmann, 1837)

Brachidontes pharaonis ( Fischer, 1870)

Solamen persicum ( Smith, 1906)

Order ArcoidaStoliczka, 1871

Family Arcidae Lamarck, 1809

Arcopsis sculptilisReeve,1844

Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819

Arca navicularis Bruguiere, 1789

Arca imbricate Bruguière, 1789

Anadararufescens (Reeve, 1844)

Anadara gubernaculums (Reeve, 1844)

Anadara antiquata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Anadara oceanica (Lesson, 1831)

Anadara satowi (Dunker, 1882)

Anadara troscheli (Dunker, 1882)

Anadara uropygimelana (Bory, 1824)

Anadara rhomboidalis (Schumacher, 1817)

Anadara cymbaeformis Reeve, 1844

Anadara inaequivalvis (Bruguière, 1789)


Anadara indica (Gmelin, 1791)

Anadara sativa (Bernard, Cai and Morton, 1993)

Tegillar carhombea (Born, 1778)

Tegillarcagranosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Trisidos tortuosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Mesocibota bistrigata (Dunker, 1866)

Barbatia velata (Sowerby, 1843)

Barbatia foliata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Barbatia complanata (Bruguière, 1789)

Barbatia virescens(Reeve, 1944)

Barbatia obliquiata Wood, 1828

Barbatia virescens (Reeve, 1844)

Barbatia amygdalumtostum (Roding, 1798)

Barbatia foliata (Forskal, 1775)

Family Noetiidae Stewart, 1930

Didimacar tenebrica(Reeve, 1844) 6

Family Glycymerididae Dall, 1908 (1847)

Glycymeris taylori (Angas, 1879)

Glycymeris spurcus Reeve, 1843 nomen dubium

Glycymeris livida (Reeve, 1843)

Glycymeris reevei (Mayer, 1868)

Tucetona pectunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Striarca symmetrica (Reeve, 1844)

Verilarca sinensis Thiele and Jaeckel, 1931

Subclass PteriomorphiaBeurlen, 1944

Order Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809

Family Cucullaeidae Stewart, 1930

Cucullaea labiata(Lightfoot, 1786)

Order Pterioida Newell, 1965

Superfamily Pterioidea Gray, 1847 (1820)

Family Pteriidae Gray, 1847

Pteria peasei (Dunker 1872)

Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)

Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798)

Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802)

Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849)

Pterelectroma physoides (Lamarck, 1819)

Isognomonlegumen (Gmelin, 1791)

Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pinctada imbricata Röding,

Family Malleidae Lamarck, 1819

Malleus legumen Reeve, 1858

Malleus albus Lamarck, 1819

Malleus regula (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Family Pinnidae Leach, 1819


Pinna atropurpureaSowerby, 1825

Pinna bicolor Gmelin, 1791

Pinna muricata Linnaeus, 1785

Atrina fragilis Pennant, 1777

Atrina vexillumBorn, 1778

Atrina pectinata(Linnaeus, 1767)

Order Limoida Waller, 1978

Family Limidae Rafinesque, 1815

Lima vulgaris Link, 1807

Order OstreoidaFerussac, 1822

Family Osteridae Rafinesque, 1815

Crassostrea glomerata Gould, 1850

Crassostrea madrasensisPreston, 1916

Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)

Magallana rivularis (Gould, 1861) taxon inquirendum

Magallana gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1820)

Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)

Magallana cuttackensis (Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912) uncertain , taxon inquirendum

Magallana ariakensis (Fujita, 1913)

Hyotissa quercina (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)

Dendostrea sandvichensis Sowerby in Reeve, 1871

Dendostrea folium Linnaeus, 1758

Saccostrea cucullata Born, 1778

Pustulostrea australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Subfamily Lophinae Vialov, 1936

Lophacrista galli Linnaeus, 1758

Suborder Pectinina Waller, 1978

Superfamily Anomioidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Anomiidae Rafinesque, 1815

Anomia achaeusGray, 1849

Anomia chinensis Philippi, 1849

Anomia sol Reeve, 1859

Monia umbonata Gould, 1861

Enigmonia aenigmatica Sowerby, 1825

Family Placunidae Gray, 1842

Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758

Family Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954

Propeamussium caducumSmith, 1894

Family Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810

Chlamys senatoriusGmelin, 1791

Chlamys gibbus Linnaeus, 1758

Chlamys coruscansHinds, 1845

Decatopecten amiculum (Philippi, 1851)

Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Laevichlamys lemniscata Reeve, 1853

Mimachlamys senatoriaGmelin, 1791


Mimachlamys crassicostata Sowerby, 1842

Mimachlamys townsendi (Sowerby III, 1895)

Mimachlamys crassicostata (Sowerby II, 1842)

Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gloripallium pallium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gloripalliumspiniferum Sowerby, 1835

Comptopallium radula Linnaeus, 1758

Family Spondyliidae Gray, 1826

Spondylus layardiReeve, 1856

Spondylus candidus Lamarck , 1819

Spondylus linguafelis Sowerby, 1847

Spondylus exilis Sowerby III, 1895

Family Plicatulidae Watson, 1930

Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819

Subclass Heterodonta Neumayr, 1884

Family Gastrochaenidae Gray, 1840

Gastrochaena cuneiformis Spengler, 1783

Family Thyasiridae Dall, 1900 (1895)

Leptaxinus indusarium Oliver and Levin, 2006

Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeve, 1850)

Family BasterotiidaeCossmann, 1909

Basterotia arcula Melvill, 1898

OrderVeneroida H. and A. Adams, 1856

Superfamily Lucinoidea Fleming, 1828

Family Lucinidae Fleming, 1828

Codakia punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Codakia tigerina ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Codakia (Codakia) paytenorum (Iredale, 1927)

Ctena divergens (Philippi, 1850)

Anodontia stearnsiana Oyama, 1954

Anodontia edentula ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Scabrilucina victorialis (Melvill, 1899)

Pillucina vietnamica Zorina, 1978

Pillucina angela (Melvill, 1899)

Superfamily Carditoidea Fleming, 1828

Family Carditidae Fleming, 1820

Venericardia coreensisDeshayes, 1854

Cardiocardita tankervillii (W. Wood, 1828)

Cardites bicolor Lamarck, 1819

Cardites canaliculatus( Reeve, 1843)

Cardita variegate Bruguière, 1792

Cardita crassicosta Lamarck, 1819

Beguina gubernaculums (Reeve, 1844)

Family Trapezidae Lamy, 1920 (1895)

Neotrapezium sublaevigatum (Lamarck, 1819)


Family Ungulinidae H. and A. Adams, 1856

Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803)

Diplodonta holosphaeraMelvill, 1899

Transkeia globosa (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Felania diaphana (Gmelin, 1791)

Family Condylocardiidae Bernard, 1896

Carditellopsis concinna (Melvill, 1918)

Superfamily Chamoidea Lamarck, 1809

Family Chamidae Lamarck, 1809

Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835

Chama fragum Reeve, 1847nomen dubium

Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819

Pseudochama corrugataBroderip, 1835

Superfamily Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809

Family Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809

Trachycardium lacunosum Reeve, 1845

Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780)

Laevicardium attenuatumSowerby, 1840

Vepricardium asiaticum Bruguière, 1792

Vepricardium coronatum (Schröter, 1786)

Maoricardium pseudolima (Lamarck, 1819)

Plagiocardium (Maoricardium) setosum Redfield, 1848

Acrosterigm aimpolitum (Sowerby, 1833)

Acrosterigm amaculosum (W. Wood, 1815)

Fulvia (Fulvia) papyracea Bruguière, 1789

Fulvia fragilis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Fragum unedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lyroardium lyratum Sowerby, 1834

Acanthocardia aculeata Linnaeus, 1758

Clinocardium ciliatumFabricius, 1780

Trachycardium orbitumSowerby, 1833

Corculum cardissaLinnaeus, 1758

Superfamily Tridacnoidea Lamarck, 1819

Family Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819

Tridacna maximaRöding, 1798

Tridacna croceaLamarck, 1819

Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819

HippopushippopusLinnaeus, 1758

Superfamily Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809

Family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809

Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846

Mactra aequisulcata Sowerby III, 1894

Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791

Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767

Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854

Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818


Mactra violacea Chemnitz, 1782

Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818

Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802

Mactrinula angulifera Deshayes, 1854

Mactrinula dolabrata (Reeve, 1854)

Spisula (Mactromeris) voyi Gabb, 1866

Meropesta pellucid Gmelin, 1791

Meropesta nicobarica Gmelin, 1791

Superfamily Solenoidea Lamarck, 1809

Family SolenidaeLamarck, 1809

Solen guinaicus Cosel, 1993

Solen corneus Lamarck, 1818

Solen strictus Gould, 1861

Solen grandis Dunker, 1862

Solen cylindraceus Hanley, 1843

Family Cultellidae Davis, 1835

Siliqua radiata Linnaeus, 1758

Sinonovacula constricta Lamarck, 1818

Family Pharidae H. Adams and A. Adams, 1856

Ensiculuscultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814

Family Solecurtidaed'Orbigny, 1846

Solecurtus australis (Dunker, 1862)

Family Tellinidae Blaninville, 1814

Macoma constricta Bruguière, 1792

Macomaca lcarea Gmelin, 1791

Macoma secta Conrad, 1837

Macoma blainvillei Melvill and Standen, 1907 nomen nudum

Psammotreta angulata (Linnaeus, 1767)nomen dubium

Pseudotellidora pellyana (H. Adams, 1873)

Gastrana multangula (Gmelin,1791)

Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791)

Apolymetis plicatusValenciennes, 1827

Tellinella rastellum Hanley, 1844

Tellinella virgata Linnaeus,1758

Serratina capsoides Lamarck, 1818

Serratina perplexa (Hanley, 1844)

Serratina diaphana (Deshayes, 1855)

Quidnipagus palatam Iredale, 1929

Cadella obtusalis Deshayes, 1855

Cadella semen Hanley, 1845

Cadella lechriogramma (Melvill, 1892)

Scutarcopagia scobinata Linnaeus, 1758

Scutarcopagia linguafelis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Iridona methoria (Melvill, 1897)

Iridona iridescens (Benson, 1842)


Tellina iridescensBenson, 1842

Tellina ovalis Sowerby, 1825

Tellina lechriogrammaMelvill, 1893

Tellina linguaefelisLinnaeus,1758

Tellina nitens Deshayes, 1855

Clathrotellina habrotima (Melvill, 1898)

Eurytellina alternata (Say, 1822)

EurytellinanitensDeshayes, 1855

Indentina scalpellum (Hanley, 1844)

Pinguitellina pinguis (Hanley, 1844)

Pinguitellina nux (Hanley, 1844)

Tellinides sinuatus (Spengler, 1798)

Angulus vestalioides Yokoyama, 1920

Leporimetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)

Leporimetisobesa (Deshayes, 1855)

Alaona ala (Hanley, 1845)

Arcopagia tokunagai Ikebe, 1936

Laciolina chloroleuca Lamarck, 1818

Soletellina atrata Deshayes in Reeve, 1857

Soletellina rosea (Gmelin, 1791)

Psammacoma gubernaculum (Hanley, 1844)

Pseudopsammobia simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)

Family Donacidae Fleming, 1828

Donax cuneatus Linnaeus, 1758

Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758

Donax scrotum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Donax scalpellum Gray,1823

Donax rugosus Linnaeus, 1758

Donaxa perittus Melvill, 1897

Donax nitidusDeshayes, 1855

Donax townsendiSowerby, 1894

Donax clathratus Reeve, 1855

Iphigenia brasiliana Lamarck, 1818

Family Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828

Hiatuladiphos (Linnaeus, 1771)

Hiatula ambigua (Reeve, 1857)

Gari bicarinata Deshayes, 1855

Gari pallid Deshayes, 1855

Gari elongata (Lamarck, 1818)

Gari amethystus (Wood, 1815)

Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Asaphis violascens (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

Family Semelidae Stoliezka, 1876

Semele striata Reeve, 1853

Semele cordiformis Holten, 1802

Semele crenulata (Reeve, 1853)


Abrapris matica Montagu, 1808

Superfamily Veneroidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815

Pelecyora ceylonica (Dunker, 1865)

Pelecyora katiawarensis (Fischer-Piette and Métivier, 1971)

Pelecyora nana (Reeve, 1850)

Tivela stefaninii (Nardini, 1933)

Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)

Tivela cf.mulawana Biggs, 1969

Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)

Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817

Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Irus irus (Linneaus, 1758)

Irus vertumnalium (Melvill, 1918)

Irus cumingii (Deshayes, 1854)

Venerupis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)

Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)

Venerupis aspera (Quoy&Gaimard, 1835)

Paphia textile (Gemelin, 1791)

Paphia euglypta Philippi, 1847

Protapesmonstrosus (Römer, 1870)

Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791)

Protapescor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)

Tapes sulcosa Philippi, 1847

Tapes literatus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)

Dosinia prostrata Linnaeus, 1758

Dosinia alta (Dunker, 1848)

Dosinia angulosa Philippi, 1847

Dosinia amphidesmoides (Reeve, 1850)

Dosinia exasperate Philippi, 1847

Dosinia histrio Gmelin, 1791

Dosinia subrosea Gray, 1835

Dosinia biscocta Reeve, 1850

Dosinia penicillata Reeve, 1850

Dosinia cretacea (Reeve, 1850)

Dosinia puella Römer, 1863 taxon inquirendum

Gafrarium divericatum Gemlin, 1791

Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778)

Lioconcha ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Saxidomus purpurata (Sowerby II, 1852)

Clementia asiatica (Melvill, 1899)

Paratapes undulatus (Born, 1778)

Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)

Glauconome cerea Reeve, 1844


Placamen lamellatum (Röding, 1798)

Family VesicomyidaeDall and Simpson, 1901

Calyptogena makranensis Krylova and Sahling, 2006

Family Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818

Corbula rugifera Adams in Smith, 1903

Corbula erythraeensis Adams,1871

Corbula taitensis Lamarck, 1818

Bassina foliacea Philippi, 1846

Lioconcha picta Lamarck, 1818

Lioconcha fastigiata Sowerby, 1851

Lioconcha castrensis Linnaeus, 1758

Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sunetta donacina Gmelin, 1791

Sunetta solanderii Gray, 1825

Circe scripta Linnaeus, 1758

Circe rugifera (Lamarck, 1818)

Pitar nobilis Reeve, 1849

Pitar striatum Gray, 1838

Pitar lineolatum Sowerby, 1854

Callista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818)

Callista erycina Linnaeus, 1758

Callista brevisiphonata Carpenter, 1865

Callista festiva (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851)

Callista florida Lamarck, 1818

Callista phasianellaDeshayes, 1854

Katelysia japonica Gmelin, 1791

Marcia hiantina (Lamarck, 1818)

Marcia recens (Holten, 1802)

Marcia recens (Holten, 1802)

Marcia opima (Gmelin, 1791)

Marcia pinguis Preston, 1953

Amiantis umbonella (Lamarck,1818)

Chione arakanensis Nevill,1871

Timoclea arakana( Nevill and Nevill, 1871)

Timoclea imbricata (Sowerby, 1853)

Timoclea layardi (Reeve, 1864)

Family Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831

Petricolaria gracilis (Deshayes, 1853)

Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818

Petricolaria serrata (Deshayes, 1853

Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818

Order Myoida Goldfuss, 1820

Superfamily Myoidea Lamarck, 1809

Family Myidae Lamarck, 1809

Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758

Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758


Order Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889

Superfamily Pholadoidea Lamarck, 1809

Family Pholididae Lamarck, 1809

Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758

Pholas orientalis Gmelin, 1791

Barnea birmanica (Philippi, 1849)

Subfamily Jouannetiinae Tryon, 1862

Jouannetia cumingii (Sowerby, 1850)

Jouannetia globulosa (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)

Subfamily Martesiinae Grant and Gale, 1931

Penitella kamakurensis Yokoyama,1922

Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Subfamily Bankiinae Turner, 1966

Bankia rochi Möller, 1931

Bankia campanellata Moll and Roch, 1931

Bankia bipalmulata (Lamarck, 1801)

Nausitoradunlopei Wright, 1864

Subfamily Teredininae Rafinesque, 1815

Dicyathifer mannii Wright, 1866

Teredo navalis Linnaeus ,1758

Teredo furciferavon Martens, 1894

Lyrodus pedicellatus Quatrefages, 1849

Superfamily Pandoroidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Pandoridae Rafinesque, 1815

Pandora (Pandora) flexuosa Sowerby, 1820

Superfamily Thracioidea Stoliczka, 1870 (1839)

Family ThraciidaeStoliczka, 1870

Thracia kakumana (Yokoyama, 1927)

Family Laternulidae Hedley, 1918

Laternula anatine (Linnaeus, 1758)

Class Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797

Subclass Coleoidea Bather, 1888

Superorder Decapodiformes Young and Harman, 1998

Order Spirulida Stolley, 1919

Family Spirulidae Owen, 1836

Order Sepiida Zittel, 1895

Family SepiidaeKeferstein, 1866

Sepia kobiensis Hoyle, 1885

Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt, 1835 (inFérussac and d’Orbigny, 1834–1848)

Sepia prashadi Winckworth, 1936

Sepia stellifera Homenko and Khromov, 1984

Sepia omani Adam and Rees, 1966

Sepia arabica Massy, 1916

Sepia murrayi Adam and Rees, 1966

Sepia trygonina (Rochebrune, 1884)


Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt, 1835) (in Férussac and d’Orbigny, 1834–1848)

Family Sepiolidae Leach, 1817

Subfamily Sepiolinae Leach, 1817

Euprymna stenodactyla(Grant, 1833) quesioable

Order TeuthoideaNaef, 1916

Suborder MyopsinaOrbigny, 1841

Family LoliginidaeLesueur, 1821

Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvauceli Orbigny, 1835

Uroteuthis (Photololigo) vossi (Nesis, 1982)

Uroteuthis (Photololigo) singhalensis (Ortmann, 1891)

Loliolus(Loliolus) hardwickei (Gray, 1849)

Order Oegopsida, Orbigny, 1845

Family Pyroteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912

Pyroteuthismargaritifera (Rüppel, 1844)

Pterygioteuthis giardi (Fischer, 1896)

Family Thysanoteuthidae Keferstein, 1866

Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857

Family Ancistrocheiridae Pfeffer, 1912

Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (Orbigny, 1842)

Family Cycloteuthidae Naef, 1923

Cycloteuthis sirventi Joubin, 1919

Discoteuthis discus Young and Roper, 1969

Family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1847

Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817

Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856)

Egea inermis Joubin, 1933

Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906

Family Enoploteuthidae Pfeffer, 1900

Subfamily Enoploteuthinae Pfeffer, 1912

Abralia marisarabica Okutani, 1983

Family Joubiniteuthidae Naef, 1922

Joubiniteuthis portieri (Joubin, 1916) nomen nudum

Onychoteuthis banksi (Leach, 1817)

Onykia carriboea Le sueur, 1821

Family Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857

Subfamily Ommastrephinae Possett, 1891

Ornithoteuthis volatalis (Sasaki, 1915)

Sthenoteuthis oulaniensis (Lesson, 1830)

Family Octopoteuthidae Berry, 1912

Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844

Taningia danae Joubin, 1931

Order[unassigned] Decapodiformes

Superfamily BathyteuthoideaVecchione, Young and Sweeney, 2004

Family Chtenopterygidae Grimpe, 1922

Chtenopteryx sicula (Verany, 1851)

Superorder Octobrachia Fioroni, 1981


Order Octopoda Leach, 1818

Suborder Incirrina Grimpe, 1916

Family Octopodidae Orbigny, 1840

Abdopus horridus (d'Orbigny, 1826)

?Callistoctopus macropus(Risso, 1826)

Callistoctopu sornatus(Gould, 1852)

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849

Macrotritopusde filippi (Vérany, 1851)

Cistopus indicus (Rapp in Orbigny, 1835)

Amphioctopus marginatus (Taki, 1964)

Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849)

Amphioctopus neglectus (Nateewathana and Norman, 1999)

Amphioctopus varunae (Oommen, 1971)

Family Vitreledonellidae Robson, 1932

Vitreledonella richardi Joubin, 1918

Family Amphitretidae Hoyle, 1886

Bolitaena pygmaea (Verrill, 1884)

Family Argonautidae Tryon, 1879

Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758

Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786

Family Alloposidae Verrill, 1881

Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861

Order VampyromorphaRobson, 1929

Family Vampyroteuthidae Thiele, in Chun, 1915

Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903

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