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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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
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