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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Subclass Protobranchia Pelseneer, 1889
Order Nuculanida Dall, 1889
Superfamily Nuculoida Dall, 1889 (Nut shells)
Family Nuculidae Gray, 1924
Ennuculalayardii (A. Adams, 1856)
Saccella bellula (A. Adams, 1856)
Family YoldiidaeDall, 1908
Orthoyoldia lepidula (A. Adams, 1856)
Scissileda tropica (Melvill, 1897)
Subclass PteriomorphiaBeurlen, 1944
Order MytiloidaFerussac, 1822
Family Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1915
Perna viridis(Linnaeus, 1758)
Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
Modiolus hanleyi Dunker, 1822
Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Lithophaga attenuataDeshayes, 1836
Lithophaga(Leiosolenus) appendiculatus (Philippi, 1846) .
Lithophaga lithophaga( Linnaeus, 1758
Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846)
Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Lithophagamalaccana Reeve, 1857
Musculus laevigatus (Gray, 1824)
Musculus cumingiana(Reeve, 1857)
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Septiferexcisus (Wiegmann, 1837)
Brachidontes pharaonis ( Fischer, 1870)
Solamen persicum ( Smith, 1906)
Order ArcoidaStoliczka, 1871
Family Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
Arcopsis sculptilisReeve,1844
Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819
Arca navicularis Bruguiere, 1789
Arca imbricate Bruguière, 1789
Anadararufescens (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara gubernaculums (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara antiquata(Linnaeus, 1758)
Anadara oceanica (Lesson, 1831)
Anadara satowi (Dunker, 1882)
Anadara troscheli (Dunker, 1882)
Anadara uropygimelana (Bory, 1824)
Anadara rhomboidalis (Schumacher, 1817)
Anadara cymbaeformis Reeve, 1844
Anadara inaequivalvis (Bruguière, 1789)
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