List of marine molluscs of Sri Lanka

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Location of Sri Lanka

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

Land Snails[edit]

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[edit]

Family: Amathinidae[edit]

Family: Psammobiidae[edit]

Family: Buccinidae[edit]

Family: Muricidae[edit]

Family: Conidae[edit]

Family: Dentaliidae[edit]

Family: Ficidae[edit]

Family: Ampullinidae[edit]

Family: Mesodesmatidae[edit]

Family: Buccinidae[edit]

Family: Tellinidae[edit]

Family: Terebridae[edit]

Family: Tonnidae[edit]

Family: Cardiidae[edit]

Family: Mytilidae[edit]

Family: Chamidae[edit]

Family: Pectinidae[edit]

Family: Cypraeidae[edit]

Family: Trochidae[edit]

Family[edit]

Family: Muricidae[edit]

Family: Nacellidae[edit]

Family: Mytilidae[edit]

Family: Veneridae[edit]

Family[edit]

Family: Mactridae[edit]

Family: Cardiidae[edit]

Family[edit]

Class: Polyplacophora[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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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