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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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)
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