Mollusca

John Taylor, Emily Glover and Harry Taylor, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

Teerapong Duangdee, Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Molluscs are probably the most diverse group of marine animals. They are present in most marine habitats from the highest intertidal zone to the deep abyss as well as inhabiting the oceanic water column. Living molluscs are divided into a number of major groups (Classes) namely; Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Monoplacophora and Aplacophora. Of these, the gastropods and the bivalves are by far the most species-rich groups and the most frequently encountered in intertidal and shallow water habitats. 

Bivalvia

Asaphis violascens Saccostrea cucullata

Gastropoda

Babylonia spirata Conus amadis Murex aduncospinosus

Polyplacophora

Acanthopleura gemmata

 


References

Brandt, R.A. 1974. The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 105: 1-423.

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Reid, D.G. 1986. The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. The genus Littoraria. British Museum (Natural History), London, 228pp.

Reid, D.G. 2001. New data on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Littoraria Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834 (Gastropoda: Litttorinidae) in Indo-West Pacific mangrove Forests. The Nautilus 115: 115-139.

Swennen, C., Moolenbeek, R.G., Ruttanadakul, N., Hobbelink,H., Dekker, H. & Hajisamae, S. 2001. The molluscs of the southern Gulf of Thailand. Thai Studies in Biodiversity 4: 1-210.

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Yoosukh, W. & Duangdee, T. 1999. Living oysters in Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 19: 363-370. 

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