List of marine molluscs of Sri Lanka
The marine molluscs of Sri Lanka are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Sri Lanka.
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Location 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
- Asaphis deflorata
Family: Buccinidae
Family: Muricidae
Family: Conidae
Family: Dentaliidae
Family: Ampullinidae
- Globularia fluctuata
Family: Mesodesmatidae
- Mesodesma glabratum
Family: Buccinidae
- Phalium decussatum
Family: Tellinidae
- Pharaonella
Family: Terebridae
- Duplicaria raphanula
- Terebra commaculata
- Terebra
Family: Tonnidae
Family: Cardiidae
- Vasticardium assimile
- Vasticardium rubicundum
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
- Afrocardium latum
Family: Mactridae
- Mactra turgida
Family: Cardiidae
Family
- Lactona incarnata
Class: Polyplacophora
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References
- "Marine Mollusc Diversity along the Southwest Coast of Sri Lanka". TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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