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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Tellina iridescensBenson, 1842
Tellina ovalis Sowerby, 1825
Tellina lechriogrammaMelvill, 1893
Tellina linguaefelisLinnaeus,1758
Tellina nitens Deshayes, 1855
Clathrotellina habrotima (Melvill, 1898)
Eurytellina alternata (Say, 1822)
EurytellinanitensDeshayes, 1855
Indentina scalpellum (Hanley, 1844)
Pinguitellina pinguis (Hanley, 1844)
Pinguitellina nux (Hanley, 1844)
Tellinides sinuatus (Spengler, 1798)
Angulus vestalioides Yokoyama, 1920
Leporimetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)
Leporimetisobesa (Deshayes, 1855)
Alaona ala (Hanley, 1845)
Arcopagia tokunagai Ikebe, 1936
Laciolina chloroleuca Lamarck, 1818
Soletellina atrata Deshayes in Reeve, 1857
Soletellina rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
Psammacoma gubernaculum (Hanley, 1844)
Pseudopsammobia simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
Family Donacidae Fleming, 1828
Donax cuneatus Linnaeus, 1758
Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Donax scrotum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Donax scalpellum Gray,1823
Donax rugosus Linnaeus, 1758
Donaxa perittus Melvill, 1897
Donax nitidusDeshayes, 1855
Donax townsendiSowerby, 1894
Donax clathratus Reeve, 1855
Iphigenia brasiliana Lamarck, 1818
Family Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828
Hiatuladiphos (Linnaeus, 1771)
Hiatula ambigua (Reeve, 1857)
Gari bicarinata Deshayes, 1855
Gari pallid Deshayes, 1855
Gari elongata (Lamarck, 1818)
Gari amethystus (Wood, 1815)
Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asaphis violascens (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Family Semelidae Stoliezka, 1876
Semele striata Reeve, 1853
Semele cordiformis Holten, 1802
Semele crenulata (Reeve, 1853)