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
Superkingdomsort descending Kingdom Phylum Class Subclass Order Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Limoida Limidae Limaria fragilis Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Divaricellinae Divalinga quadrisulcata Andamans (Port Blair) (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Divaricellinae Divalucina cumingii Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar-Pamban ) (A. Adams & G.F
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Divaricellinae Fimbria fimbriata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Divaricellinae Fimbria sowerbyi Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar-Pamban ) (L.H. Reeve, 1841)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Cardiolucina eucosmia Tamil Nadu, Andamans (Dall, 1901)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Cardiolucina semperiana Tamilnadu (Pamban), Andamans (Port Blair) (Issel, 1869)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Chavania striata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) Tokunaga, 1906
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Codakia angela Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) J.C. Melvill, 1899
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Codakia punctata Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Codakia tigerina Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Ctena divergens Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (R.A. Philippi, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Divaricella macandrewae Andaman Ilands (H. Adams, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Lucinoma bengalensis InvestigatorSta.131: Bay of Bengal, and, off Andaman Islands (E.A. Smith, 1894)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Pillucina vietnamica Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar and Chennai) I.P. Zorina, 1978
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Lucininae Prophetelora simplex Andamans (Semiramis Bay, Port Blair) (L.H. Reeve, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Milthinae Anodontia edentula Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar and Chennai), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Milthinae Anodontia (Cryptophysema) vesicula Tamilnadu (Pamban) (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Lucinoida Lucinidae Milthinae Emasiella philippinarum West Bengal (Halliday Island, Port Canning), Andamans (Port Blair) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Anatinellidae Anatinella nicobarica ?Nicobars (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Cardiliidae Cardilia semisulcata Andamans (off Port Blair) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1819)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Lutrariinae Lutraria impar Andhra Pradesh G.P. Deshayes, 1854
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra achatina Andaman & Nicobar Islands Holten, 1802
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra antiquata Andaman & Nicobar Islands L. Spengler, 1802
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra aphrodina Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andamans (G.P. Deshayes, 1854)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra brunneoflavida Tamil Nadu (Ennur backwater, Pulicat Lake) (H.B. Preston, 1916)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra chemnitzii Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal J.E. Gray, 1837
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra cuneata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra cygneus Andaman & Nicobar Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra decora Andamans G.P. Deshayes, 1854
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra grandis Orissa (Chilka Lake) J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra maculata Andaman & Nicobar Islands J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra ochracea Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Martens, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra petitii Andhra Pradesh, Orissa d'Orbigny, 1846
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra turgida Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, W. Bengal, And & Nicobar J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactra violacea Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, W. Bengal, And & Nicobar J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactrinula plicataria Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, W. Bengal, And & Nicobar (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Mactrinae Mactrinula reevei Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (G.P. Deshayes, 1853)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Pteropsellinae Meropesta nicobarica Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Pteropsellinae Meropesta pellucida Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mactridae Pteropsellinae Raeta abercrombiei Orissa (Chandipore), West Bengal Digha) J.C. Melvill, 1893
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mesodesmatidae Davilinae Davila plana Andamans Reeve, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mactroidea Mesodesmatidae Mesodesmatinae Atactodea striata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Crenellinae Gragariella coralliophaga Andamnan Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Lithophaginae Leiosolenus levigatus Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Njcobar Islands J.R.C. Quoy & J.P. Gaimard
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Lithophaginae Leiosolenus nasutus Andaman & Nicobar Islands R.A. Philippi, 1846
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Lithophaginae Lithophaga straminea Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) W. Dunker, 1857
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Lithophaginae Lithophaga teres Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Njcobar Islands R.A. Philippi, 1846
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Amygdalum watsoni Tamil Nadu (off Tranquebar), Andhra Pradesh (Bay of Bengal, Godavari River mouth) (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Botula cinnamomea Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Nicobars (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Globimodiolus albicosta Andaman Islands (Port Blair) (J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1819)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Hormomya mutabilis Andamans (Port Blair) (A.A. Gould, 1861)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Idas indicus Investigator Sta.233: Andaman Sea (E.A. Smith, 1904)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Jolya arata Andamans (W. Dunker, 1856)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Modiolus auriculatus Tamil Nadu (Chennai (, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) C.F.F. Krauss, 1848
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Modiolus cymbula Andamans (no specific locality) H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Modiolus gubernaculum Andamans (no specific locality)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Modiolus moduloides Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh (coast near, Nellore, Visakhapatnam) (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Modiolus philippinarum Andhra Pradesh (Krishnapatnam near Nellore, Surya Lanka, near Bapatla), Orissa (Chilka lake, Chandipore), Andaman, (Port Blair, Ross Is, Havelock) & Nicobar Car Nicobar) Islands S. Hanley, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Modiolus traillii Tamil Nadu (Reeve, 1857)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Modiolinae Modiolus tulipa Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), West Bengal (Digha), Andaman (Port Blair), & Nicobar (Car Nicobar) Islands J.B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1836
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Musculinae Musculista perfragilis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) W. Dunker, 1857
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Musculinae Musculus cumingianus Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam) (W. Dunker, 1857)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Musculinae Musculus nanus Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam) (W. Dunker, 1857)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Musculinae Musculus plicatus Nicobars (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Musculinae Musculus strigatus Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) (S. Hanley, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Musculinae Trichomusculus semigranatus Tamil Nadu (L.H. Reeve, 1858)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes emarginata West Bengal (canal near Chingrighatta, Kolkata) (L.H. Reeve, 1858)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes pharaonis Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (Bandar canal, Machilipatnam), Orissa (Chilka Lake), West Bengal (Sandheads ), Great, Nicobar (Galathea River mouth) (P. Fischer, 1870))
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes striatulus common all along east coast S. Hanley, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Brachidontes variabilis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Pulicat lake), Andamans (C.F.F. Krauss, 1848)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Perna indica Tamil Nadu, Andhra Peadesh Kuriakose & N, B. Nair, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Mytilinae Perna viridis Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Chilka Lake), West, Bengal, Andamans (Port Blair) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Mytiloida Mytilidae Septiferinae Septifer bilocularis Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Andaman (Port Blair, Chiriatapu, Hhavelock, Neil, Snake and Red Skin Is) Nicobar (Car Nicobar Camorta) Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Malletiidae Malletia angulata Bay of Bengal G.B. Sowerby II, 1888
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Neilonellidae Neilonella indica Investigator Sta.162: Lat.13 51' 12'' N., Long. 80 28' 12'' E., Coromandel coast (E.A. Smith, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Nuculanidae Nuculana brookIi Andaman & Nicobar Islands (S. Hanley, 1860)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Nuculanidae Nuculana commutata West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (R.A. Philippi, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Nuculanidae Nuculana fumosa Investigator Sta.162: Lat.13 51' 12'' N., Long. 80 28' 12'' E., Coromandel coast E.A. Smith, 1895
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Nuculanidae Nuculana mauritiana Tamil Nadu (Pamban, Pulicat Lake) (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Nuculanidae Nuculana retusa Andaman Islands R.B. Hinds, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Yoldiidae Orthoyoldia tenella Andamans (Semiramis Bay, Port Blair) R.B. Hinds, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Yoldiidae Yoldia anatina Investigator Sta. 130: Bay of Bengal, off Godavari delta E.A. Smith, 1896
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculanoida Yoldiidae Yoldia nicobarica West bengal (off Ganges delta), Nicobars (J.B. Bruguiere, 1814)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Acila divaricata Bay of Bengal (off the mouth of River Hugli) R.B. Hinds, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Ennucula bengalensis Investigator Sta.162: Lat.13 51' 12'' N., Long. 80 28' 12'' E., Coromandel coast, Sta.280: Bay of Bengal, Lat. 11 29'15'' N., Long. 80 2' 30'' (E.A. Smith, 1895)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Ennucula convexa Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Gopalpur, Puri), West Bengal, (Sandheads) (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Ennucula cumingii Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada Bay), Andamans (R.B. Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Ennucula layardi Andamans (A. Adams, 1856)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Lamellinucula mitralis West Bengal (Sandheads), Orissa (Gopalpur, Puri), Puri), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (R.B. Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Nucula donaciformis Investigator Sta.162: Lat.13 51' 12'' N., Long. 80 28' 12'' E., Coromandel coast E.A. Smith, 1895
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Nuculida Nuculidae Nucula marmorea Andamans R.B. Hinds, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Gryphaeidae Pycnodonteinae Hyotissa hyotissa Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Orissa (Chilka Lake, Konark, Ganjam coastm Chandipore), West Bengal, (Port Canning), Andamans (Port Blair) C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Crassostrea arakanensis Estuaries and backwaters of Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal (G.B. Sowerby II, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Crassostrea ariakensis Andamans (as Crassostrea rivularis) (Fujita, 1913)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Crassostrea belcheri Estuaries and backwaters of Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal (G.B. Sowerby, 1871)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Crassostrea futamiensis Orissa (Seki, 1929)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Saccostrea cucullata East coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (I. Born, 1780)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Saccostrea deformis Orissa (J, B.P. de M. Lamarck, 1806)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ostreoida Ostreidae Crassostreinae Saccostrea lacerata Orissa (S. Hanley, 1845)

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