List of marine molluscs of Sri Lanka explained

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 (*).

• Amathina tricarinata

• Asaphis deflorata

• Pollia undosa

• Chicoreus brunneus

• Conus figulinus

• Dentalium

• Ficus

• Globularia fluctuata

• Mesodesma glabratum

• Phalium decussatum

• Pharaonella

• Duplicaria raphanula
• Terebra commaculata
• Terebra

• Tonna luteostoma

• Vasticardium assimile
• Vasticardium rubicundum

• Perna virdis

• Chama brassica

• Chlamys

• Cypraea

• Trochus radiatus

Family

• Antigona lamellaris

• Thais rudolpi

• Cellana radiata

• Mytilus crassitestatus

• Dosinia
• Pitar hebracea
• Pitar sulfureum
• Sunetta

Family

• Afrocardium latum

• Mactra turgida

• Cerastoderma glaucum

Family

• Lactona incarnata

• Chiton

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Sri Lanka

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

Notes and References

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