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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Thecacera peningera (Montagu, 1804)
Subfamily KalinginaePruvot-Fol, 1956
Kalinga ornate Alder and Hancock, 1864
Subfamily Nembrothinae Burn, 1967
Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba, 1936)
Superfamily Doridoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815
Doris cameroni (Allan, 1947)
Family Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Discodoris concinna Alder and Hancock (Alder and Hancock 1964)
Sebadoris fragilis (Alder and Hancock 1964)
Artachaea sp .
Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1858)
Joruna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804)
Rostanga muscula (Abraham, 1877)
Rostanga calumus Rudmann and Avern, 1989
Family Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891
Glossodoris rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890)
Glossodoris pallida (RüppellLeuckart, 1830)
Chromodoris tumulifera (Collingwood, 1881)
Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot, 1904)
Goniobranchus petechialis (Gould, 1852)
Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot,1904)
Goniobranchus kuniei (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)
Goniobranchus decorus (Pease,1860)
Goniobranchus decorus (Pease, 1860)
Hypselodoris pulchella (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828)
Hypselodoris infucata obscura complex(Ruppell and Leuckart, 1830)
Hypselodoris ghardaqana (Gohar&Aboul-Ela, 1957)
Family Dendrodorididae O'Donoghue, 1924 (1864)
Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850)
Dendrodoris miniata (Alder and Hancock, 1864)
Dendrodoris nigra(Stimpson, 1856)
Dendrodoris nigromaculata (Cockerell and Eliot, 1905)
Dendrodoris fumata (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1831)
Superfamily Polyceroidea Alder and Hanchock, 1845
Family Polyceridae Alder and Hancock, 1845
Tambja morosa(Bergh, 1877)
Crimora sp.
Family Dotoidae Gray, 1853
Doto cf kya Marcus,
Suborder Dexiarchia Schrödl, Wägele and Willan, 2001
Infraorder Euarminida Odhner, 1939
Superfamily Arminoidea Iredale and O'Donoghue, 1923 (1841)
Family Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814
Armina cf.babai (Tchang, 1934)