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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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)
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