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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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: Ficidae

Family: Ampullinidae
  • Globularia fluctuata

Family: Mesodesmatidae
  • Mesodesma glabratum

Family: Buccinidae
  • Phalium decussatum

Family: Tellinidae
  • Pharaonella

Family: Terebridae

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: Veneridae
  • Dosinia
  • Pitar hebracea
  • Pitar sulfureum
  • Sunetta

Family
  • Afrocardium latum

Family: Mactridae
  • Mactra turgida

Family: Cardiidae

Family
  • Lactona incarnata

Class: Polyplacophora

See also

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

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