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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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