The marine molluscs of Sri Lanka are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Sri Lanka.
Land Snails
Phylum: Mollusca
According to 2006 survey by De Silva, there are 240 marine snails species identified, which belong to four classes out of seven in the world.
Endemic species are highlighted with an asterisk (*).
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Amathinidae
Amathina tricarinata
Family: Psammobiidae
Asaphis deflorata
Family: Buccinidae
Pollia undosa
Family: Muricidae
Chicoreus brunneus
Family: Conidae
Conus figulinus
Family: Dentaliidae
Dentalium
Family: Ficidae
Ficus
Family: Ampullinidae
Globularia fluctuata
Family: Mesodesmatidae
Mesodesma glabratum
Family: Buccinidae
Phalium decussatum
Family: Tellinidae
Pharaonella
Family: Terebridae
Duplicaria raphanula
Terebra commaculata
Terebra
Family: Tonnidae
Tonna luteostoma
Family: Cardiidae
Vasticardium assimile
Vasticardium rubicundum
Family: Mytilidae
Perna virdis
Family: Chamidae
Chama brassica
Family: Pectinidae
Chlamys
Family: Cypraeidae
Cypraea
Family: Trochidae
Trochus radiatus
Family
Antigona lamellaris
Family: Muricidae
Thais rudolpi
Family: Nacellidae
Cellana radiata
Family: Mytilidae
Mytilus crassitestatus
Family: Veneridae
Dosinia
Pitar hebracea
Pitar sulfureum
Sunetta
Family
Afrocardium latum
Family: Mactridae
Mactra turgida
Family: Cardiidae
Cerastoderma glaucum
Family
Lactona incarnata
Class: Polyplacophora
Chiton
See also
List of non-marine molluscs of Sri Lanka
References
External links
Utilization of molluscs as a food resource among traditional communities in Kalpitiya Region (KR) of Sri Lanka. The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka