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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Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt, 1835) (in Férussac and d’Orbigny, 1834–1848)
Family Sepiolidae Leach, 1817
Subfamily Sepiolinae Leach, 1817
Euprymna stenodactyla(Grant, 1833) quesioable
Order TeuthoideaNaef, 1916
Suborder MyopsinaOrbigny, 1841
Family LoliginidaeLesueur, 1821
Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvauceli Orbigny, 1835
Uroteuthis (Photololigo) vossi (Nesis, 1982)
Uroteuthis (Photololigo) singhalensis (Ortmann, 1891)
Loliolus(Loliolus) hardwickei (Gray, 1849)
Order Oegopsida, Orbigny, 1845
Family Pyroteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912
Pyroteuthismargaritifera (Rüppel, 1844)
Pterygioteuthis giardi (Fischer, 1896)
Family Thysanoteuthidae Keferstein, 1866
Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857
Family Ancistrocheiridae Pfeffer, 1912
Ancistrocheirus lesueurii (Orbigny, 1842)
Family Cycloteuthidae Naef, 1923
Cycloteuthis sirventi Joubin, 1919
Discoteuthis discus Young and Roper, 1969
Family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1847
Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817
Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856)
Egea inermis Joubin, 1933
Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906
Family Enoploteuthidae Pfeffer, 1900
Subfamily Enoploteuthinae Pfeffer, 1912
Abralia marisarabica Okutani, 1983
Family Joubiniteuthidae Naef, 1922
Joubiniteuthis portieri (Joubin, 1916) nomen nudum
Onychoteuthis banksi (Leach, 1817)
Onykia carriboea Le sueur, 1821
Family Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857
Subfamily Ommastrephinae Possett, 1891
Ornithoteuthis volatalis (Sasaki, 1915)
Sthenoteuthis oulaniensis (Lesson, 1830)
Family Octopoteuthidae Berry, 1912
Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844
Taningia danae Joubin, 1931
Order[unassigned] Decapodiformes
Superfamily BathyteuthoideaVecchione, Young and Sweeney, 2004
Family Chtenopterygidae Grimpe, 1922
Chtenopteryx sicula (Verany, 1851)
Superorder Octobrachia Fioroni, 1981
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