Compendium of Biota - The Tree of Life

The Compendium of biota of the Bay of Bengal is classified with the taxonomic system of Cavalier-Smith (1998, 2004). Each table page of the Compendium represents a taxon node in the tree of life. A page includes the single path of nodes to the root of the classification, and a table of child nodes. All taxon nodes are links to their respective pages. Click on lower ranking taxa to extend the table towards the bottom of the tree. The tree bottom contains additional information particular to species, such as authority, references and contributors.

Table colums can be sorted alphabetically up or down by clicking on column headers.

Item count: 6358
Superkingdom Kingdom Phylum Class Subclass Ordersort descending Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia fibula Tamil Nadu (Porto Novo, Pulicat lake), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Chilka Lake) (L.H. Reeve, 1850) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia histrio Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia prostrata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia puella Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (G.F. Angas, 1867) Satyamurti, S.T., 1956a Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia traquebarica Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar) Fischer-Piette, 1976 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia tumida Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar), Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.E. Gray, 1838) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Lioconcha castrensis Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Lioconcha ornata Andamans (L.W. Dillwyn, 1817) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Lioconcha trimaculata Andamans (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora excisa Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar), Orissa (J.S. Schroeter, 1788) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora indica Andhra Pradesh (Vlsakhapatnam) (Fischer-Piette & Metivier, 1971) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora jousseaumiana Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar) (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora trigona Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Orissa (Chatrapur, Chandipore), West Bengal (Digha) (L.H. Reeve, 1850) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix attenuata Nicobar Islands W. Dunker, 1863 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix casta Tamil nadu (estuaries), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix meretrix East coast (backwaters and estuaries), Nicobars (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Petricola Petricola divergens Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Petricola Petricola lapicida Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Claudiconcha mostrosa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Rupellaria lithophaga Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (A.J. Retzius, 1788) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar affinis Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar alabastrum Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai), Andhra Pradesh (Kandivalasa, creek, near Vijayanagaram), Orissa (off gopalpur), West bengal (Sandheads) L.H. Reeve, 1863 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar citrinus Andamans (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1818) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar hebraeus Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin) (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar Inflatus Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar nobilis ? Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andhra Pradesh (Champavathi estuary (L.H. Reeve, 1863) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar varina Andamans W. Wood, 1828 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta donacina Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Paradip, Chilka Lake) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta effosa Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (p.F. Roding, 1798) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta kurachensis Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) (G.B. Sowerby II, 1895) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta meroe Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta scripta Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta vaginalis Tamilnadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai), Orissa (Chandipore) (K.T. Menke, 1843) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunettina solanderii Puducherry, Tamil Nadu (Gray, 1825) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus dashami Tamil Nadu (Coromandel coast) (H.C. Ray, 1948) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus exoticus Tamil Nadu (Pamban) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus macrophylla Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (G.P. Deshayes, 1853) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Katelysia scalarina West Bengal (Port Canning) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Macridiscus veneriformes Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia hiantina Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada, Vlsakhapatnam), Andamans (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia japonica Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia opima Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Manna, estuaries and backwaters), Andhra., Pradesh (Masulipatnam, Kakinada, Uppada, Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia amabilis Andamans (R.A. Philippi, 1847) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia rotundata Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Port Blair) (C. linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia textile Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Port Blair) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia undulata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (I. Born, 1780) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Protapes gallus East coast (backwaters and estuaries), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes bruguiere Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), West Bengal (Lakhikantpur), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1845) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes philippinarum Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (A. Adams & L. Reeve Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes variegatus Andaman & Nicobar Islands G.B. Sowerby II, 1852 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Tapes conspersus Bay of Bengal (Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Tapes literatus Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Red Skin Island) (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona chemnitzii Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona lamellaris Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans Schumacher, 1817 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona reticulata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Globivenus toreuma Tamil Nadu (Krusadai), Nicobars (A.A. Gould, 1850) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Periglypta Periglypta clathrata Andamans (G.P. Deshayaes, 1853) Appukuttan, K.K. et al., 2005 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Periglypta Periglypta paurpera Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.

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