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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Mammilla fibrosa (Gray, 1850)
Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sinumn eritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sinum planulatum (Récluz, 1843)
Vanikoro cancellata (Lamarck, 1822)
Vanikoro cuvieriana (Récluz, 1844)
Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
Sigatica pomatiella (Melvill, 1893)
Superfamily Tonnoidea Suter, H., 1913( 1825)
Family Cassidae Latreille, 1825
Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert and Wagner, 1829
Family Bursidae Thiele, 1925
Tutufa bardeyi (Jousseaume, 1881)
Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798)
Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tutufa oyamaiHabe, 1973
Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)
Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816)
Bufonaria perelegans Beu, 1987
Bursa granularis (Roding, 1798)
Cymatium ranzanii (Bianconi, 1850)
Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis-Marschlins, 1793)
Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758
Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
Lotoria perryi (Emerson and Old, 1963)
Gyrineum natator (Roeding, 1798)
Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ranella australasia(Perry, 1811)
Family Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825)
Tonna dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tonna luteostoma(Kuster, 1857)
Tonna rosemaryae Vos, 1999
Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Personidae Gray, 1854
Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Superfamily Ficoidea Meek, 1864
FamilyFicidae Meek, 1864 (1840)
Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ficus gracilis (Sowerby, 1825)
Ficus variegata Röding, 1798
Superfamily Epitonioidea Berry, 1812
Family EpitoniidaeBerry, 1910
Amaea minor (Sowerby II, 1873)
Epitoniumscalare (Linnaeus, 1758)
Epitonium lacrimaKilburn, 1985