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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Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791
Nerita undataLinnaeus, 1758
Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita longii Récluz, 1842
Nerita dombeyi Récluz, 1841
Neritina communis Quoy and Gaimard, 1832
Mienerita debilis (Dufo, 1840)
Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Neripteron neglectum (Pease, 1861)
Subclass Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1989
Superfamily Haliotoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Haliotoidae Rafinesque, 1815
Haliotis asininaLinnaeus, 1758
Super family Fissurelloidea J. Fleming, 1822
Family Fissurellidae Fleming, 1822
Diodora funiculata (Reeve, 1850)
Diodora ticaonica (Reeve, 1850)
Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
Diodora singaporensis (Reeve, 1850)
Emarginula sp.
Medusafissurella salebrosa (Reeve, 1850)
Clypidina notata (Linnaeus, 1785)
Order Trochida Rafinesque, 1815
Superfamily Trochoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
Monilea astrolabensis Melvill ,1897
Umbonium moniliferum (Lamarck, 1822)
Umbonium vestiarium(Linnaeus, 1758)
Conotalopia musiva (Gould, 1861)
Minolia eudeli (Deshayes, 1863)
Gibbula (Cantharidella)phaedraMelvill, 1897
Jujubinus striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thalotia beluchistanaMelvill, J. C.1897
Priotrochus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849)
Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873)
Agagus agagusJousseaume, 1894
Trochus erithreus Brocchi, 1821
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Trochus radiatus Gmelin, 1791.
Trochus stellatus Gmelin, 1791
Clanculus ceylanicus Nevill and Nevill, 1869
Clanculus pharaonius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Clanculusscabrosus (Philippi, 1850)
Clanculus microdon Adams, 1853
Clanculus tonnerrei(G. Nevill and H. Nevill, 1874)
Monodonta australis (Lamarck, 1822)
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