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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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)
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