List of marine molluscs of Sri Lanka

Location of Sri Lanka

The marine molluscs of Sri Lanka are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Sri Lanka.

Land Snails

Phylum: Mollusca According to 2006 survey by De Silva, there are 240 marine snails species identified, which belong to four classes out of seven in the world.[1]

Endemic species are highlighted with an asterisk (*).

Class: Gastropoda

Family: Amathinidae

• Amathina tricarinata

Family: Psammobiidae

• Asaphis deflorata

Family: Buccinidae

• Pollia undosa

Family: Muricidae

• Chicoreus brunneus

Family: Conidae

• Conus figulinus

Family: Dentaliidae

• Dentalium

Family: Ficidae

• Ficus

Family: Ampullinidae

• Globularia fluctuata

Family: Mesodesmatidae

• Mesodesma glabratum

Family: Buccinidae

• Phalium decussatum

Family: Tellinidae

• Pharaonella

Family: Terebridae

• Duplicaria raphanula
• Terebra commaculata
• Terebra

Family: Tonnidae

• Tonna luteostoma

Family: Cardiidae

• Vasticardium assimile
• Vasticardium rubicundum
• Maoricardium pseudolatum

Family: Mytilidae

• Perna virdis

Family: Chamidae

• Chama brassica

Family: Pectinidae

• Chlamys

Family: Cypraeidae

• Cypraea

Family: Trochidae

• Trochus radiatus

Family

• Antigona lamellaris

Family: Muricidae

• Thais rudolpi

Family: Nacellidae

• Cellana radiata

Family: Mytilidae

• Mytilus crassitestatus

Family: Veneridae

• Dosinia
• Pitar hebracea
• Pitar sulfureum
• Sunetta

Family

• Afrocardium latum

Family: Mactridae

• Mactra turgida

Family: Cardiidae

• Cerastoderma glaucum

Family

• Lactona incarnata

Class: Polyplacophora

• Chiton

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Sri Lanka

References

1. "Marine Mollusc Diversity along the Southwest Coast of Sri Lanka". TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

External links

• Utilization of molluscs as a food resource among traditional communities in Kalpitiya Region (KR) of Sri Lanka.
• The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka