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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Pinna atropurpureaSowerby, 1825
Pinna bicolor Gmelin, 1791
Pinna muricata Linnaeus, 1785
Atrina fragilis Pennant, 1777
Atrina vexillumBorn, 1778
Atrina pectinata(Linnaeus, 1767)
Order Limoida Waller, 1978
Family Limidae Rafinesque, 1815
Lima vulgaris Link, 1807
Order OstreoidaFerussac, 1822
Family Osteridae Rafinesque, 1815
Crassostrea glomerata Gould, 1850
Crassostrea madrasensisPreston, 1916
Magallana belcheri (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
Magallana rivularis (Gould, 1861) taxon inquirendum
Magallana gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1820)
Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798)
Magallana cuttackensis (Newton & E. A. Smith, 1912) uncertain , taxon inquirendum
Magallana ariakensis (Fujita, 1913)
Hyotissa quercina (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
Dendostrea sandvichensis Sowerby in Reeve, 1871
Dendostrea folium Linnaeus, 1758
Saccostrea cucullata Born, 1778
Pustulostrea australis (Lamarck, 1819)
Subfamily Lophinae Vialov, 1936
Lophacrista galli Linnaeus, 1758
Suborder Pectinina Waller, 1978
Superfamily Anomioidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Anomiidae Rafinesque, 1815
Anomia achaeusGray, 1849
Anomia chinensis Philippi, 1849
Anomia sol Reeve, 1859
Monia umbonata Gould, 1861
Enigmonia aenigmatica Sowerby, 1825
Family Placunidae Gray, 1842
Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758
Family Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
Propeamussium caducumSmith, 1894
Family Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
Chlamys senatoriusGmelin, 1791
Chlamys gibbus Linnaeus, 1758
Chlamys coruscansHinds, 1845
Decatopecten amiculum (Philippi, 1851)
Decatopecten plica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Laevichlamys lemniscata Reeve, 1853
Mimachlamys senatoriaGmelin, 1791
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