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 Order Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Occurrence Authority Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Diplodonta insulsa Andamans H.B. Preston, 1908 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Diplodonta satparaensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Felania annadalei Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1914 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Felania chilkaensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1914 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Felania ovalis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1914 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Galeomma argentea Orissa (Ganjam coast) G.P. Deshayes, 1855 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Galeomma paucistriata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) G.P. Deshayes, 1855 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Scintilla chilkaensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Scintilla citrina Andamans H.B. Preston, 1908 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Scintilla elongata Andamans H.B. Preston, 1908 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Scintilla faba Andamans G.P. Deshayes, 1855 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Scintilla lactea Andamans G.B. Sowerby Ii, 1865 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Scintilla perflexa Andamans H.B. Preston, 1908 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Galeommatidae Scintilla translucida Andamans H.B. Preston, 1908 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Kelliidae Kelliinae Kellia chilkaensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Kelliidae Kelliinae Kellia mahosaensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Kelliidae Kelliinae Kellia mirabilis Andamans H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Galeommatoidea Kelliidae Borniolinae Squillaconcha subsinuata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (C.E. Lischke, 1871) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Chamoidea Chamidae Chama brassica Andhra Pradesh (Nellore coast), Andaman, & Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1847 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Chamoidea Chamidae Chama faba Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) L.H. Reeve, 1846 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Chamoidea Chamidae Chama lazarus Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans C. Linaeus, 1758 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Chamoidea Chamidae Chama limbula Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Andamans J.B.P. de M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Chamoidea Chamidae Chama japonica Andaman Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Chamoidea Chamidae Chama multisquamosa Andaman & Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1846 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Chamoidea Chamidae Chama reflexa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, ( Kottapatnam near Ongole, Visakhapatnam), Orissa (off Ganjam coast, Konark, Balasore Bay) L.H. Reeve, 1846 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcticoidea Trapeziidae Coralliophaga coralliophaga Andamans Gmelin, 1791 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcticoidea Trapeziidae Trapezium bicarinatum Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, (Manikpatna), West Bengal (Sunderbans) (Schumacher, 1817) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcticoidea Trapeziidae Trapezium sublaevigatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands Schumacher, 1817 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Glossoidea Glossidae Meiocardia moltkiana Andhra Pradesh (Santapalli, Srikakulam Dist.), Andamans (L. Spengler, 1783) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Glossoidea Vesicomyidae Pliocardia brevis Investigator Sta. 327: Bay of Bengal (E.A. Smith, 1906) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Glossoidea Vesicomyidae Pliocardia indica Andamans (E.A. Smith, 1904) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Glossoidea Vesicomyidae Warreniconcha cretacea Investigator Sta. 327: Bay of Bengal (E.A. Smith, 1906) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cyrenoidea Cyrenidae Polymesodinae Batissa capillata Andamans H.B. Preston, 1910 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cyrenoidea Cyrenidae Polymesodinae Batissa inflata Andaman & Nicobar Islands T. Prime, 1860 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cyrenoidea Cyrenidae Polymesodinae Batissa similis Andaman & Nicobar Islands T. Prime, 1860 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cyrenoidea Cyrenidae Polymesodinae Polymesoda Geloina bengalensis Orissa (Mahanadi estuary), West Bengal, (Ganjetic delta), Nicobars (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cyrenoidea Cyrenidae Polymesodinae Polymesoda Geloina erosa Andhra Pradesh (Krishna estuary), Andaman, & Nicobar Islands (D.C. Solander, 1786) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Glauconomoidea Glauconomidae Glauconome chinensis Orissa (Chandipore) J.E. Gray, 1828 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Glauconomoidea Glauconomidae Glauconome sculpta Andhra Pradesh (Krishna and Godavary eastuaries), Orissa (Chandipore), West Bengal (Sunderbans)) G.B. Sowerby II, 1893 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Dreissenoidea Dreissenidae Mytilopsis adamsi Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada, Visakhapatnam) Morrison, 1946 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Cardiinae Maoricardium setosum Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans, Andaman sea (J.H. Redfield, 1846) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Cardiinae Vepricardium asiaticum Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Cardiinae Vepricardium coronatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Etimukkala near Chirala, Mypadu near Nellore, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam). Urissa, Andaman, & Nicobar Islands (L. Spengler, 1799) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Fragum fragum Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Fragum unedo Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Corculum cardissa Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Ctenocardia virgo Andamans L.H. Reeve, 1845 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Lunulicardia retusa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Fulvia aperta Andhra Pradesh ( Barua), Orissa (Mouth of Chilka) (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Fulvia australis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Fulvia laevigata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Laevicardium lobulatum Andaman Islands Deshayes, 1854 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Microcardium simillimum Tamil Nadu (Coromandel coast) (E.A. Smith, 1896) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Protocardiinae Lyrocardium lyratum Andamans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1840) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma biradiatum Nicobar Islands (Bruguiere, 1789) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma impolitum East coast (G.B. Sowerby, 1833) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma maculosum Andaman Islnds (Wood, 1815) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma oygonum (G.B. Sowerby, 1834) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma simplex Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Spengler, 1799) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma variegatum Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin, Chennai), Orissa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1840) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium angulatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium assimile Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (L.H. Reeve, 1845) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium elongatum elongatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium elongatum indioceanum Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Vidal, 1993) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium flavum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium luteomarginatum luteomarginatum , Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman sea (Voskuil & Onwerwangt Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium pectiniforme Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea (Born, 1780) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium vertebratum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Jonas, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Hippopus hippopus Nicobars (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Tridacna Tridacna squamosa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Tridacna Chametrachea crocea Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman.& Nicobar Islands (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Tridacna Chametrachea maxima Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman.& Nicobar Islands (P.F. Roeding, 1798) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Callistinae Callista erycina Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Anomalocardia Anomalocardia flexuosa Tamil Nadu (Ennur backwaters), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Konark, Chatrapur) (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Anomalocardia Anomalodiscus squamosa Tamil Nadu (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Chione cancellata Orissa (Puri) (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Placamen calophylla Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai), Orissa (Paradip), Andamans (R.A. Philippi, 1836) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Placamen lamellata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam)., Andamans (P.F. Roding, 1798) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea smithiana InvestigatorSta. 162: off Cormandel coast Hueber, 2010 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea arakana Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai, Pulicat Lake), Orissa (G.& H. Nevill, 1871) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea imbricata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Orissa, West Bengal (Digha) (G.B. Sowerby II, 1853) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea marica Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Chioninae Timoclea scabra Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai, Pulicat Lake), Orissa (S. Hanley, 1845) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Circe scripta Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium dispar Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (L.W. Dillwyn, 1817) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium divaricatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium pectinatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Vjsakhapatnam), Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Circinae Gafrarium tumidum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (P.F. Roding, 1798) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Clementiinae Clementia papyracea Orissa (Chilka Lake), West Bengal ) Port Canning) (Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Bonartemis juvenilis Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Dosininae Dosinia cretacea Tamil Nadu (Reeve, 1850) Subba Rao, N.V.
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 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.

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