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 Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Subspecies Occurrence Authority References Contributors
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria articulata articulata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Andamans (Philippi, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria bengalensis bengalensis Bay of Bengal Reid, 2001
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria delicatula delicatula Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andamans (G. Nevill, 1885)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria intermedia intermedia Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Philippi, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria lutea lutea Andaman Islands (Philippi, 1847)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria mauritiana mauritiana Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria melanostoma melanostoma Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andamans (J.E. Gray, 1839)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria pallescens pallescens Andaman & Nicobar Isands (Philippi, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria scabra scabra East coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria strigata strigata Tamil Nadu (Philippi, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Littoraria Littoraria undulata undulata Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (J.E. Gray, 1839)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Nodilittorina Nodilittorina pyramidalis pyramidalis Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Peasiella Peasiella infracostata infracostata Andaman Islands (Issel., 1869)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Littorinidae Littorininae Peasiella Peasiella roepstorffiana roepstorffiana Andaman Islands (G. Nevill, 1885)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Eucithara Eucithara coronata Andamans (Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Eucithara Eucithara duplaris Andaman Islands (J.C. Melvill, 1923)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Eucithara Eucithara elegans Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Eucithara Eucithara funebris Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Eucithara Eucithara marginelloides Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Eucithara Eucithara trivittata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Gingicithara Gingicithara cylindrica Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Gingicithara Gingicithara lyrica Orissa, Andamans (L.H. Reeve, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mangeliidae Pseudoraphitoma Pseudoraphitoma fairbanki off Andamns (G.& H. Nevill, 1875)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Cryptospira Cryptospira praecallosa Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal (Higgins, 1876)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Cryptospira Cryptospira scripta Andaman Islands (Hinds, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Cryptospira Cryptospira ventricosa Puducherry, Andamans (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Marginella Marginella latiritia Andaman Islands x Melvill & Sykes, 1903
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Persicula Persicula persica Andaman Islands x Nevill
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Serrata Serrata delessertiana Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands (Recluz, 1841)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Marginellidae Marginellinae Volvarina Volvarina angustata Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andamans (G.B. SowerbyII, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Melongenidae Hemifusus Hemifusus ternatanus Tamil nadu (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Melongenidae Pugilina Pugilina cochlidium entire East coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Cylindromitrinae Pterygia Pterygia crenulata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Cylindromitrinae Pterygia Pterygia dactylus Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Cylindromitrinae Pterygia Pterygia fenestratus Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar) (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla Cancilla crenifera Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla Cancilla filaris Andaman Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla Cancilla granatina Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla Cancilla insculpta Andaman Islands A. Adams
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla Cancilla isabella Andaman Islands (Swainson, 1831)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla Cancilla philippinarum Andaman Islands A. Adams, 1851
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla Cancilla rufilirata Andaman Islands (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Cancilla(Domiporta) Cancilla(Domiporta) praestantissima Andaman & Ncobar Islands Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Imbricaria Imbricaria isomeres Andaman Islands Melvill & Sykes, 1897
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Imbricaria Imbricaria punctata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Swainson, 1821)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Neocancilla Neocancilla antoniae Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands (H. Admas, 1870)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Neocancilla Neocancilla circula Andaman Islands (Kiener, 1838)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Neocancilla Neocancilla clathrus Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Neocancilla Neocancilla papilio Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Link, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Scabricola Scabricola caerulea Andaman Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Scabricola Scabricola coriacea Puducherry, Orissa (L.H. Reeve, 1845)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Scabricola Scabricola fusca Andaman Islands (Swainson, 1824)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Scabricola Scabricola ocellata Andaman Islands (Swainson, 1831)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Subcancilla Subcancilla hindsii Andaman & Nicobar Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Ziba Ziba flammea Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Imbricariinae Ziba Ziba interlirata Andaman & Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra acuminata Andaman Islands Swainsosn, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra ambigua Andaman & Nicobar Islands Swainsosn, 1829
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra aurantia aurantia Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra bernhardiana Andaman Islands Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra cardinalis Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra chrysalis Andaman & Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra coriacea
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra cucumerina Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lamarck, 1811
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra decurtata Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra doliolum Andaman & Nicobar Islands Kuester, 1839
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra guttata Andaman & Nicobar Islands Swainsosn, 1824
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra imperialis Andaman & Nicobar Islands Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra litterata Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lamarck, 1811
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra luctuosa Andaman Islands A. Admas, 1853
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra maesta Andaman & Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1845
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra mitra Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra nana Andaman Islands x L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra paupercula Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra pellisserpentis Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra proscissa Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra retusa Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra rubiginosa Andaman Islands x L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra ruepellii Andaman & Nicobar Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra scutulata Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra stictica Andaman & Nicobar Islands x (Link, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra tabanula Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1811
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra tiarella Andaman Islands x A. Adams
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra ticaonica Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Mitridae Mitrinae Mitra Mitra turgida Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1845
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Modulidae Modulus Modulus tectum tectum Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Babelomurex Babelomurex indicus off South India (E.A. Smith, 1899)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Coralliophila Coralliophila abnormis Andamans (E.A. Smith, 1879)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Coralliophila Coralliophila costularis Andamans (Lamarck, 1816)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Coralliophila Coralliophila erosa Tamil Nadu, Andamans (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Coralliophila Coralliophila fusoides Andamans x G.& H. Nevill
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Coralliophila Coralliophila monodonta Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Blainville, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Coralliophila Coralliophila violacea Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Kiener, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Coralliophilinae Rapa Rapa rapa Andaman Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Cronia Cronia amygdala Andaman Islands (Kiener, 1836)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Cronia Cronia fiscella Andaman Islands x (Gmelin, 1791)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Erglatax Erglatax contracta Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (L.H. Reeve, 1846)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Lataxania Lataxania blosvillei Andaman Islands (Deshayes, 1832)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Maculotriton Maculotriton serriale Andaman Islands (Deshayes, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Muiricidae Erglataxinae Morula Morula chrysostoma Andamans (Deshayes, 1834)

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