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

Family: Psammobiidae

Family: Buccinidae

Family: Muricidae

Family: Conidae

Family: Dentaliidae

Family: Ficidae

Family: Ampullinidae

  • Globularia fluctuata
  • Mesodesma glabratum

Family: Buccinidae

  • Phalium decussatum

Family: Tellinidae

Family: Terebridae

Family: Tonnidae

Family: Cardiidae

  • Vasticardium assimile
  • Vasticardium rubicundum
  • Maoricardium pseudolatum

Family: Mytilidae

  • Perna virdis

Family: Chamidae

  • Chama brassica

Family: Pectinidae

Family: Cypraeidae

Family: Trochidae

Family

  • Antigona lamellaris

Family: Muricidae

  • Thais rudolpi

Family: Nacellidae

Family: Mytilidae

  • Mytilus crassitestatus

Family: Veneridae

Family

  • Afrocardium latum

Family: Mactridae

  • Mactra turgida

Family: Cardiidae

Family

  • Lactona incarnata

See also

References

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