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 Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Psammobiidae Sanguinolariinae Soletellina diaphos Tamil Nadu (estuaries and backwaters). Orissa, West Bengal C. Linnaeus, 1771 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Psammobiidae Sanguinolariinae Soletellina lunulata Tamil Nadu (Coleron River) G.P. Deshaaes, 1854 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Semelidae Abra convexior Andamans E.A. Smith, 1895 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Semelidae Abra philippinensis Bay of Bengal (off Krishna delta) (E.A. Smith, 1885) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Semelidae Cumingia striata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (A. Adams, 1850) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Semelidae Semele casta Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (Reeve, 1853) Satyamurti, S.T., 1956a Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Semelidae Semele cordiformis Andhra Pradesh (Viskhapatnam) Holten, 1802 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Semelidae Semele crenulata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) Satyamurti, S.T., 1956a Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Semelidae Theora opalina Tamil Nadu (Ennur, Pulicat Lake), Orissa (Chilka Lake), West Bengal (Sunderbans), Andamans (R.B. Hinds, 1843) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Solecurtidae Solecurtinae Azorinus coarctatus Andhra Pradesh, Andamans J.F. Gmelin, 1791 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Solecurtidae Solecurtinae Solecurtus australis Andhra Pradesh W. Dunker, 1861 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Solecurtidae Solecurtinae Solecurtus philippinarum Andamans W. Dunker, 1861 Dey, A. et al., 2007 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopagia pudica Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopagia unguis Andamans (Bamboo Flat, Port Blair) (H.B. Preston, 1916) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Arcopaginula inflata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Cadella semen Tamil Nadu, Andamans (S. Hanley, 1845) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Clathrotellina carnicoolr Andamans (S. Hanley, 1846) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Cyclotellina remies Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Jactellina lauta Orissa (Chilka Lake), Andamans (A.A. Gould, 1851) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Merisca capsoides Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andhra Pradesh, (Visakhapatnam), Nicobars (J.B.P.M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Merisca subtruncata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Moerella iridescens Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Chilka lake), West Bengal (W.H. Benson, 1842) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Moerella ostracea Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
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) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Moerella rutila Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake), Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Puri) (W. Dunker, 1860) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Pinguitellina pinguis Tamil Nadu, Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Pinguitellina robusta Andamans (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Quadrans gargadia Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Quidnipagus palatum Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (T. Iredale, 1929) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Scutarcopagia linguafelis Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Scutarcopagia scobinata Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Arcopagiinae Strigilla splendida Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada Bay), Orissa (Chandipore), West Bengal (Sunderbans), Andamans (H.E. Anton, 1839) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Florimetis coarctata Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (R.A. Philippi, 1845) Satyamurti, S.T., 1956a Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Gastrana polygona Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Nicobars (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Leporimetis papyracea Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Macalia bruguieri Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Macoma nobilis Tamil Nadu (Coleron estuary) (S. Hanley, 1845) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Pinguimacoma altissima Andaman Islands (Port Blair) (E.A. Smith, 1906) Subba Rao, N.V.
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) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammacoma candida Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (J.B.P.M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
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) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta alba South India (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta plicata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Valenciennes, 1846) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Psammotreta praerupta Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Orissa, West Bengal (Digha), Andamans (Salisbury, 19340 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Scissulina dispar South India, Andamans (T. Conrad, 1837) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Scissulina reticulata Andhra Pradesh Coast near Nellore, Andamans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1867) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Tellinimactra angulata Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada Bay), Orissa, West Bengal (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Macominae Tellinimactra edentula Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andamans (L. Spengler, 1798) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Angulus corbuloides Amdaman Islands, West Bengal (Bakkhali) (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Angulus incisa Andaman Islands (H.B. Preston, 1908) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Angulus lanceolata Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Orissa (Puri), Andamans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Arcopella casta Orissa (Puri), Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Homalina myaeformis Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake), Orissa (Puri) (G.B. Sowerby II, 1867) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Omala cuspis Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Coleron estuary) (S. Hanley, 1844) Patterson et al., na Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Pharaonella perna Andamans (Spengler, 1798) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Pharaonella rostrata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Andamans (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Phylloda foliacea Tamil Nadu, Andamans (off shore) (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Pulvinus micans Tamil Nadu (Ennur backwaters), Andamans (Port Blair) (S. Hanley, 1844) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina barhampurensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina emarginata Tamil Nadu (Pulicat Lake) G.B. Sowerby Winckworth, 1931 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina parvula Investigator Sta.166 and 176: off Coromandel coast E.A. Smith, 1895 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina scalpellum Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) S. Hanley, 1844 Satyamurti, S.T., 1956a Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellina vestalis Andaman & Nicobar Islands S. Hanley, 1844 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinella spengleri Tamil Nadu (Point Calimere), Andhr Pradesh, (Mahalakshmipuram near Nellore) (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinella staurella Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.B.P.M. Lamarck Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinella virgata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinides opalina Great Nicobar Islands (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Tellinoidea Tellinidae Tellininae Tellinides ovalis Tamil Nadu (Dhanushkodi), Andamans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) Subba Rao, N.V.
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) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Cultellus maximus Andaman & Nicobar Islands J.F. Gmelin, 1791 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Ensiculus cultellus Andamans C. Linnaeus, 1758 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Pharella cumingiana Andamans (W. Dunker, 1861) Melvill, J.C. et al., 1898 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Pharella javanica Orissa (Baleshwar), West Bengal (Digha, Sunderbans) (J.B.P.M. Lamarck, 1818) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Phaxas albida Orissa, West Bengal (Kakdwip) (A. Adams & L.H. Reeve Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Phaxas scalpra Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Benga (A.A. Gould, 1851) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Siliqua fasciata Orissa (Gopalpur, Chandipore) (L. Spengler, 1794) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Siliqua radiata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Benga (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Tanysiphon rivalis West Bengal (Gangetic delta) W.H. Benson, 1858 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Pharidae Novaculininae Novaculina gangetica West Bengal (Hugli-Matla estuary) W.H. Benson, 1830 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen annadalei Tamil Nadu (Ennur backwaters), Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen deleserti Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa G.B. Sowerby, 1874 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen gravelyi Orissa (Chandipore) E.N. Ghosh, 1920 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen kempi Tamil Nadu (Ennur backwaters), Orissa (Chilka Lake), West, Bengal H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen lamarckii Tamil Nadu (Ennur backwaters), Orissa (Chilka Lake), West, Bengal (Sunderbans) G.P. Deshayes, 1854 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen linearis Tamil Nadu (Palk Bay, Chennai) L. Spengler, 1794 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen roseomaculatus Tamil Nadu (Dhanushkodi) H.A. Pilsbry, 1901 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen vagina Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal, Andamans Linnaeus, 1758 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia unassigned Solenidae Solen vaginoides Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar), Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8Lamarck, 1818 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Diplodonta barhampurensis Orissa (Chilka Lake) H.B. Preston, 1915 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Diplodonta bullata Orissa (Gopalpur, Chandipore), Andaman, & Nicobar Islands W. Dunker, 1865 Subba Rao, N.V.
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Protobranchia Ungulinoidea Ungulinidae Diplodonta globosa Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Nicobar Islands P. Forsskal, 1775 Subba Rao, N.V.
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 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.

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