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 Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora indica Andhra Pradesh (Vlsakhapatnam) (Fischer-Piette & Metivier, 1971)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Lioconchinae Pelecyora jousseaumiana Tamil Nadu (Tranquebar) (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
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)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix attenuata Nicobar Islands W. Dunker, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix casta Tamil nadu (estuaries), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Meretricinae Meretrix meretrix East coast (backwaters and estuaries), Nicobars (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Petricola Petricola divergens Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Petricola Petricola lapicida Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Claudiconcha mostrosa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Petricolinae Rupellaria lithophaga Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (A.J. Retzius, 1788)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar affinis Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
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
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar citrinus Andamans (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar hebraeus Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin) (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar Inflatus Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar nobilis ? Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andhra Pradesh (Champavathi estuary (L.H. Reeve, 1863)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Pitarinae Pitar varina Andamans W. Wood, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta donacina Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Paradip, Chilka Lake) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta effosa Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (p.F. Roding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta kurachensis Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) (G.B. Sowerby II, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta meroe Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta scripta Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunetta vaginalis Tamilnadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai), Orissa (Chandipore) (K.T. Menke, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Sunettinae Sunettina solanderii Puducherry, Tamil Nadu (Gray, 1825)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus dashami Tamil Nadu (Coromandel coast) (H.C. Ray, 1948)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus exoticus Tamil Nadu (Pamban) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Irus macrophylla Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (G.P. Deshayes, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Katelysia scalarina West Bengal (Port Canning) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Macridiscus veneriformes Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia hiantina Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada, Vlsakhapatnam), Andamans (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Marcia japonica Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
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)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia amabilis Andamans (R.A. Philippi, 1847)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia rotundata Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Port Blair) (C. linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia textile Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Port Blair) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Paphia undulata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (I. Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Protapes gallus East coast (backwaters and estuaries), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes bruguiere Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), West Bengal (Lakhikantpur), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes philippinarum Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (A. Adams & L. Reeve
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Ruditapes variegatus Andaman & Nicobar Islands G.B. Sowerby II, 1852
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Tapes conspersus Bay of Bengal (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Tapetinae Tapes literatus Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andamans (Red Skin Island) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona chemnitzii Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona lamellaris Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans Schumacher, 1817
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Antigona reticulata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Globivenus toreuma Tamil Nadu (Krusadai), Nicobars (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Veneroida Veneridae Venerinae Periglypta Periglypta paurpera Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopagia pudica Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopagia unguis Andamans (Bamboo Flat, Port Blair) (H.B. Preston, 1916)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopaginula inflata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Cadella semen Tamil Nadu, Andamans (S. Hanley, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Clathrotellina carnicoolr Andamans (S. Hanley, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Cyclotellina remies Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Jactellina lauta Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (A.A. Gould, 1851)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Merisca capsoides Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Nicobars (J.B.P.M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Merisca subtruncata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Moerella iridescens Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Chilka lake), West Bengal (W.H. Benson, 1842)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Moerella ostracea Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Moerella philippinarum Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Estuaries of Krishna and, Godavary), Andamn & Nicobar Islands (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Moerella rutila Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake), Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Puri) (W. Dunker, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Pinguitellina pinguis Tamil Nadu, Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Pinguitellina robusta Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Quadrans gargadia Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Quidnipagus palatum Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (T. Iredale, 1929)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Scutarcopagia linguafelis Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Scutarcopagia scobinata Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Strigilla splendida Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada Bay), Orissa (Chandipore), West Bengal (Sunderbans), Andamans (H.E. Anton, 1839)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Gastrana polygona Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Nicobars (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Leporimetis papyracea Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Macalia bruguieri Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Macoma nobilis Tamil Nadu (Coleron estuary) (S. Hanley, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Pinguimacoma altissima Andaman Islands (Port Blair) (E.A. Smith, 1906)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammacoma birmanica Andhra Pradesh (estuaries of Krishna and Godavary), Orissa (Chilka Lake), West Bengal (Hugli-Matla estuary) (R.A. Philippi, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammacoma candida Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (J.B.P.M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta ala Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada, Bay), Orissa (Puri), Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta alba South India (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta praerupta Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Orissa, West Bengal (Digha), Andamans (Salisbury, 19340
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta plicata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Valenciennes, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Scissulina dispar South India, Andamans (T. Conrad, 1837)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Scissulina reticulata Andhra Pradesh Coast near Nellore, Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1867)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Tellinimactra angulata Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada Bay), Orissa, West Bengal (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Tellinimactra edentula Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (L. Spengler, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Angulus corbuloides Amdaman Islands, West Bengal (Bakkhali) (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Angulus incisa Andaman Islands (H.B. Preston, 1908)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Angulus lanceolata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Puri), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Arcopella casta Orissa (Puri), Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Homalina myaeformis Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake), Orissa (Puri) (G.B. Sowerby II, 1867)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Pharaonella perna Andamans (Spengler, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Pharaonella rostrata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Phylloda foliacea Tamil Nadu, Andamans (off shore) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Pulvinus micans Tamil Nadu (Ennur backwaters), Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina barhampurensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina parvula Investigator Sta.166 and 176: off Coromandel coast E.A. Smith, 1895
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina vestalis Andaman & Nicobar Islands S. Hanley, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinella spengleri Tamil Nadu (Point Calimere), Andhr Pradesh, (Mahalakshmipuram near Nellore) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinella staurella Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.B.P.M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinella virgata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinides opalina Great Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinides ovalis Tamil Nadu (Dhanushkodi), Andamans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinides sinuata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh (coast, near Nellore, Kakinada), Orissa, West Bengal, Andamans (Spengler, 1798)

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