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 Terebridae Hastula Hastula inconstans Andaman Islands (Hinds, 1844)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Hastula Hastula lanceata Andaman Islands (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Hastula Hastula lauta Andaman Islands Pease, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Hastula Hastula matheroniana Andaman Islands Deshayes, 1859
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Hastula Hastula solida Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Deshayes, 1857)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Hastula Hastula traillii Andaman & Nicobar Islands Deshayes, 1859
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Hastulopsis Hastulopsis alveolata Andaman Islands Hinds, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Hastulopsis Hastulopsis amoena Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Deshayes, 1859)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Impages Impages hectica Andaman Islands (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Impages Impages stylata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Myurella Myurella affinis Andaman Islands (Gray, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Myurella Myurella columellaris Andaman Islands (Gray, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Myurella Myurella nebulosa Andaman Islands (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Myurella Myurella undulata Andaman Islands (Gray, 1834)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Oxymeris Oxymeris areolata Nicobars (Link, 1807)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Oxymeris Oxymeris chlorata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Lamarck, 1822)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Oxymeris Oxymeris crenulata Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Oxymeris Oxymeris dimidiata Andaman Islands (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Oxymeris Oxymeris felina Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Dillwyn, 1817)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Oxymeris Oxymeris maculata Andaman Islands (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Strioterebrum Strioterebrum nitidum Andaman Islands (Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra babylonia Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra caerulescens Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra casta Andaman Islands Hinds, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra cingulifera Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra deshayesi Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1860
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra guttatta Andaman Islands (Roeding, 1798)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra laevigata Andaman Islands Gray, 1834
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra pertusa Andaman Islands Born, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra polygyrata Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra quoygaimardii Andaman & Nicobar Islands Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra subulata Andaman Islands Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra succincta Andaman Islands (Smith, 1791) or Boss, 1801
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra textilis Andaman Islands Hinds, 1844
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Terebridae Terebra Terebra tricolor Bay of Bengal G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Malea Malea pomum pomum Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna canaliculata canaliculata Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna cumingii cumingii Puducherry, Tamil Nadu (Hanley in L.H. Reeve, 1849)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna dolium dolium East coast (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna penata penata Andaman Islands Moerch, 1853
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna perdix perdix Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna sulcosa sulcosa Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Born, 1778)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Tonnidae Tonna Tonna tessellata tessellata East coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Lamarck, 1816)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triphoridae Cautotriphora Cautotriphora alveolata alveolata Andaman Islands (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triphoridae Triphora Triphora concinna concinna Andaman Islands Hinds, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triphoridae Triphora Triphora formosa formosa Andaman Islands Deshayes, 1863
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triphoridae Triphora Triphora ornata ornata Andaman Islands Deshayes, 1832
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triphoridae Triphora Triphora vittata vittata Andaman Islands Hinds, 1843
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triphoridae Viriola Viriola corrugata corrugata Andaman Islands (Hinds, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triviidae Trivia Trivia hordacea hordacea Andaman Islands (Kiener, 1843)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Triviidae Trivirostra Trivirostra oryza oryza Andaman Islands (Lamarck, 1811)
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Calliotrochus marmoreus Port Blair, Andamans Pease, 1861
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Cantharidus interruptus Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Wood, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Gibbula ahena Port Blair, Andamans
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Gibbula blanfordiana Andaman Islands G.& H. Nevill, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Gibbula coeni Andaman Islands H.B. Preston, 1908
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Gibbula stoliczkana Andaman Islands G.& H. Nevill, 1869
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Rubitrochus pulcherrimus Andaman Islands A. Adams, 1855
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Cantharidinae Thalotia elongata Andaman Islands ? S. Wood
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Chrysostomatinae Chrysostoma nicobaricus Andamans Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Chrysostomatinae Chrysostoma paradoxum Nicobar Islands Born, 1780
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Monodontinae Monodonta australis Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Monodontinae Monodonta labio Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Clanculus clanguloides Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Wood, 1828
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Clanculus margaritareus Andaman Islands Philippi, 1846
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Clanculus microdon Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands A. Adams, 1853
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Clanculus tonnerrei Andaman Islands G.& H. Nevill, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Rubitrochus pulcherrimus Andaman Islands A. Adams, 1853
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus erythreus Andaman Islands Brocchi, 1821
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus maculatus Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus niloticus Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus ochroleucus Andaman Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus radiatus Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus stellatus Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus(Lamprostoma) incrassatus Andamans Lamarck
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Trochinae Trochus(Lamprostoma) pustulosus Andamans Philippi, 1849
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Umboniinae Ethalia capillata Ross Island, Port Blair, Andamans Gould
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Umboniinae Monilea callifera Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Umboniinae Monilea masoni Andaman Islands G.& H. Nevill, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Umboniinae Monilea warnefordi Andaman Islands G.& H. Nevill, 1874
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Umboniinae Pseudominolia musiva Tamil Nadu, Andaman Islands Gould, 1861
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Trochidae Umboniinae Umbonium vestiarium All along East coast C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinellidae Turbinellinae Turbinella Turbinella pyrum fusus Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands G.B. Sowerby, 1825
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinellidae Turbinellinae Turbinella Turbinella pyrum pyrum Andamans (off Rutland Island) C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinellidae Vasinae Tudicla Tudicla spirillus Tamil Nadu C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinellidae Vasinae Vasum Vasum ceramicum Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinellidae Vasinae Vasum Vasum turbinellus Tamil Nadu C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Tegulinae Tectus fenestratus Andaman & Nicobar Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Tegulinae Tectus mauritianus Andaman Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Tegulinae Tectus pyramis Andaman Islands Born, 1780
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Astralium calcar Andaman Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Astralium rhodostomim Andaman Islands Lamarck, 1822
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Astralium semicostata Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands P. Fischer, 1880
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Astralium stellare Tamil Nadu Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Bolma girgyllus Andaman Islands L.H. Reeve, 1861
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Lunella cinerea Andaman & Nicobar Islands Born, 1778
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Lunella granulata Andaman Islands Gmelin, 1791
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Turbo bruneus Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Roeding, 1798
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Turbo chrysostomus Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758
Eukaryota Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Turbinidae Turbininae Turbo cochleus Andaman & Nicobar Islands C. Linnaeus, 1758

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