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.

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Item count: 6358
Superkingdomsort descending Kingdom Phylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Clavagellidae Penecillus penis Tamil Nadu (Pamban), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam) C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Laternulidae Laternula anatina Orissa (Talsarai), West Bengal (Digha) (C. Linnaeus, 17580
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Laternulidae Laternula liautaudi Tamil Nadu (Pamban) (Mittre, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Laternulidae Laternula Exolaternula marilina Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake), Orissa (Chilka Lake) (A. Valenciennes, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Laternulidae Laternula Exolaternula truncata Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Chennai) (J.P. de M. Lamarck, 1818)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Lyonsiidae Lyonsia jucunda Andamans (North Sentinel Island) E.A. Smith, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Myochamidae Myadora compressa Coromandel coast, Andaman Sea, off Anda, man Islands E.A. Smith, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Pandoridae Frenamya ceylanica West Bengal (Digha) G.B. Sowerby I, 1835
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Pandoridae Pandora aversa India, no specifc locality (Hedley, 1930)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Pandoridae Pandora flexuosa Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Puri, off Devi River G.B. Sowerby I, 1820
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Periplomatidae Periploma andamanica Off west of Andamans E.A. Smith, 1904
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Periplomatidae Periploma indicum Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake), Orissa (Chilka Lake) J.C. Melvil, 1898
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Thraciidae Thracia adenensis Andhra Pradesh J.C. Melvill, 1898
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Poromyoina Cuspidariidae Cardiomya alcocki Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (E.A. Smith, 1896)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Poromyoina Cuspidariidae Cardiomya andamanica Andamans Preston, 1916
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Poromyoina Cuspidariidae Cuspidaria approximata Investigator Stas. 116 and 322 : Andaman Sea E.A. Smith, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Poromyoina Cuspidariidae Rengea caduca Investigator Sta. 115: Andaman Sea (E.A. Smith, 1894)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Anomalodesmata Poromyoina Verticordiidae Euciroa eburnea Investigator Sta. 115: Andaman Sea, and off Port Blair, Andamans J. Wood-Mason &
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Acar plicata Tamil Nadu (Gulf 0f Mannar), Andaman (Port Blair) Islands L.W. Dillwyn, 1817
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Arca navicularis Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin coast) J.B. Bruguiere, 1789
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Arca patriarchalis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Andamans (Port Blair, Chiriatapu) Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Arca ventricosa Andaman (Port Blair) & Nicobar (Camorta) Islands J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Barbatia amygdalumtostum Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin), Andaman (Port Blair, Neil, Havelock, Little Andaman) & Nicobar (Car Nicobar Malacca, Trinket, Katchal) Islands P.F. Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Barbatia cancellata Andamans H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Barbatia candida Orissa (Ganjam coast), Andaman (Port blair, Corbyn's Cove, Cove, Bamboo Flat, Chiriatapu, Havelock) & Nicobsr, (Car nicobar, Chuchia, Tamaloo, camorta) Islands Helbling, 1779
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Barbatia foliata Andamns Forskal in Niebuhr, 1775
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Barbatia lacerata Andaman (Red Skin) & Nicobar (Camorta) Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Barbatia virescens Andhra Pradesh (Manginapudi near Machilipatnam, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Chintapally near Vijayanagaram, Bandaruvanipeta near Srikakulam) L.A. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Bentharca asperula Tamil Nadu (Coromandel coast), Andamans, Bay of bengal W.H. Dall, 1881
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Calloarca tenella Andaman & Nicobar (Camorta, Great Nicobar) Islands L.A. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Mesocibota bistrigata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Konark, off Ganjam coast, Talburai near Chandipore) W. Dunker, 1866
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Trisidos tortuosa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh (Mahalakshmipuram near Nellore), (Mahalakshmipuram near nellore, Kottaptnam near Ongole, Vetapalem near Chirala, Kandivalasa creek near, Vijayanagaram), West bengal (Digha), Andamans
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara antiquata Andhra Pradesh (Mypadu near Nellore, Etimukkala, near Ongole, Kalingapatnam near Srikakulam, Andaman (Port Blair, Corbyn's Cove, Chiriatapu) & Nicobar. Camorta, Nancowry, Trinket) Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara craticula Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Ganjam coast, Chandipore), Andaman Islands P.H. Nyst, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara deyrollei Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Coromandel coast), Andhra pradesh, (Mypadu & Krishnapatnam near Nellore, Vodarevu near Chirala, Surya lanka near Bapatla, Krishna estuary, Kakinada coast, Chintapally near vijayanagaram), Otissa (Paradip, Puri, Konark, Chatrapur, Gopalpur), West Bengal (Digha, Sandheads F. Jousseaume, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara deyrollei crispi Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake) B. Patil & S. Patil, 1972
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara gubernaculum Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake, Chennai, Gulf of Mannar) L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara inequivalvis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai, Tranquebar), Andhra, Pradesh (Mypadu and other localities near Nellore, Kottapatnam and Etimukkala near Ongole, Vodarevu near, Chirala, Krishna estuary, Kakinada coast, Visakhapatnam), Orissa (False Point, puri, konark, Chatrapur, Chandipoe)., West Bengal (Digha, Sandheads) J.B.. Bruguiere, 1789
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara lishkei Andaman Islands W. Dunker, 1868
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Anadara pilula Andaman Islands L.A. Reeve, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Tegillarca granosa Backwatres of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West, Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Tegillarca rhombea Tamil Nadu (Chenna, Coromandel coasti, Vellar estuary, Porto Novo, Thoothkudi), Andhra Pradesh (Krishnapatnam, nearNellore, Kottapatnam near Ongole, Vodarevu near, Chirala, Machilipatnam coast, Kakinada coast, Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Puri, Konark, Hukitola, Chatrapur, Gopalpur, Chandipore), West bengal, Andaman Islands L. Born, 1780
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Arcidae Anadariinae Tegillarca uropigimelana Andaman (Semiramis Bay, Port Blair), Nicobar (Camorta, Nancowry) Islands Bory de St Vincent, 1824
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Cucullaeidae Cucullaea labiata Tamil Nadu (Chennai-Royapuram Bay), Andhra Pradesh, coast near Nellore, Kottapatnam near Ongole), Orissa, Coast near Golabandha), Andamans (Lightfoot, 1786)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Glycymerididae Glycymeris lividus Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Glycymerididae Glycymeris planatus Andamans (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Glycymerididae Tucetilla castanea Andhra Pradesh (Mypadu near Nellore, Manginapudi near, Machilipatnam), Andaman & Nicobar (Car nicobar) Islands (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Glycymerididae Tucetilla tenuicoasta Tamil Nadu (Cnennai), Andhra Pradesh (Tuplipalem near, Nellore, Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Puri, Konark, Paradip) 9L.H. Reeve, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Glycymerididae Tucetona taylori Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh (coast near, Nellore, Manginapudi near Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam, Orissa (Puri) G.F. Angas, 1879
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Limopsidae Limopsis belcheri Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) A. Adams & L. Reeve, 1850
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Limopsidae Limopsis compressa Andamans G.& H. Nevill, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Limopsidae Limopsis indica Tamil Nadu (Coromandel coast), West Bengal (Hugli River, mouth) E.A. Smith, 1894
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Noetiidae Arcopsis afra Andhra Pradesh (Nizampatnam, Guntur dist., Kakinada Bay, Visakhapatnam (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Noetiidae Arcopsis symmetrica Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Orissa (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcoida Noetiidae Striarca lactea Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcticoidea Trapeziidae Coralliophaga coralliophaga Andamans Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcticoidea Trapeziidae Trapezium bicarinatum Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa, (Manikpatna), West Bengal (Sunderbans) (Schumacher, 1817)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Arcticoidea Trapeziidae Trapezium sublaevigatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands Schumacher, 1817
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Cardiinae Maoricardium setosum Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans, Andaman sea (J.H. Redfield, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Cardiinae Vepricardium asiaticum Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789)
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)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Corculum cardissa Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Corculum hemicardium Off Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Ctenocardia fornicata Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1840)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Ctenocardia virgo Andamans L.H. Reeve, 1845
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Fragum fragum Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Fragum unedo Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Fraginae Lunulicardia retusa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Fulvia aperta Andhra Pradesh ( Barua), Orissa (Mouth of Chilka) (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Fulvia australis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Fulvia laevigata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Laevicardium lobulatum Andaman Islands Deshayes, 1854
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Laevicardiinae Microcardium simillimum Tamil Nadu (Coromandel coast) (E.A. Smith, 1896)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Protocardiinae Frigidocardium exasperatum Andamans (off Port Blair) (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Protocardiinae Lyrocardium aeolicum Andamans (I. Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Protocardiinae Lyrocardium lyratum Andamans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1840)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma biradiatum Nicobar Islands (Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma impolitum East coast (G.B. Sowerby, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma maculosum Andaman Islnds (Wood, 1815)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma oygonum (G.B. Sowerby, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma simplex Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Spengler, 1799)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Acrosterigma variegatum Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin, Chennai), Orissa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1840)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Hippopus hippopus Nicobars (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
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
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Tridacna Chametrachea maxima Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman.& Nicobar Islands (P.F. Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Tridacna Tridacna squamosa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium angulatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium assimile Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium flavum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium pectiniforme Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea (Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium vertebratum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Jonas, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium elongatum elongatum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (J.B. Bruguiere, 1789)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium elongatum indioceanum Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Vidal, 1993)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Cardioidea Cardiidae Trchycardiinae Vasticardium luteomarginatum luteomarginatum , Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman sea (Voskuil & Onwerwangt
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditesinae Cardites bicolor Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Mahalakshmipuram near Nellore, Etimukkala, near Ongole, Visakhapatnam), Puducherry, Orissa (Puri, Konark, Paradip, Chtrapur, Gopalpur), Nicobars J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditinae Arcturellina elegantula Tamil Nadu (Deshayes, 1854)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditinae Beguina semiorbiculata Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditinae Cardita aviculina Andamans Lamarck, 1819
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditinae Cardita crassicosta Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819 Tamil Nadu
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Carditoida Carditidae Carditinae Cardita elegantula Tamil Nadu (off Coromandel coast) G.P. Deshayes, 1852

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