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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Placamen lamellatum (Röding, 1798)
Family VesicomyidaeDall and Simpson, 1901
Calyptogena makranensis Krylova and Sahling, 2006
Family Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818
Corbula rugifera Adams in Smith, 1903
Corbula erythraeensis Adams,1871
Corbula taitensis Lamarck, 1818
Bassina foliacea Philippi, 1846
Lioconcha picta Lamarck, 1818
Lioconcha fastigiata Sowerby, 1851
Lioconcha castrensis Linnaeus, 1758
Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sunetta donacina Gmelin, 1791
Sunetta solanderii Gray, 1825
Circe scripta Linnaeus, 1758
Circe rugifera (Lamarck, 1818)
Pitar nobilis Reeve, 1849
Pitar striatum Gray, 1838
Pitar lineolatum Sowerby, 1854
Callista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Callista erycina Linnaeus, 1758
Callista brevisiphonata Carpenter, 1865
Callista festiva (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851)
Callista florida Lamarck, 1818
Callista phasianellaDeshayes, 1854
Katelysia japonica Gmelin, 1791
Marcia hiantina (Lamarck, 1818)
Marcia recens (Holten, 1802)
Marcia recens (Holten, 1802)
Marcia opima (Gmelin, 1791)
Marcia pinguis Preston, 1953
Amiantis umbonella (Lamarck,1818)
Chione arakanensis Nevill,1871
Timoclea arakana( Nevill and Nevill, 1871)
Timoclea imbricata (Sowerby, 1853)
Timoclea layardi (Reeve, 1864)
Family Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
Petricolaria gracilis (Deshayes, 1853)
Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
Petricolaria serrata (Deshayes, 1853
Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
Order Myoida Goldfuss, 1820
Superfamily Myoidea Lamarck, 1809
Family Myidae Lamarck, 1809
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
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