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Clams, octopus, squid and other molluscs of Somalia: 339 species (part 2 of 3)
GBIF holds records of 339 mollusc species from Somalia other than snails: clams, oysters and other bivalves, octopus, squid and cuttlefish, and chitons.
Part 2 of 3 of Clams, octopus, squid and other molluscs of Somalia: 339 species. Sources are listed on part 1.
This list is in 3 parts: 1 · 2 · 3
Full list (339 species)
| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circular Clam | Anodontia edentula | Lucinidae | NE | 1 |
| Codakia punctata | Codakia punctata | Lucinidae | NE | 2 |
| Pacific tiger lucine | Codakia tigerina | Lucinidae | NE | 5 |
| Lace Cockle | Divalucina cumingi | Lucinidae | NE | 1 |
| Divaricella angulifera | Divaricella angulifera | Lucinidae | NE | 1 |
| Divaricella macandreae | Divaricella macandreae | Lucinidae | NE | 1 |
| smooth platter shell | Loripes clausus | Lucinidae | NE | 1 |
| Lucina lirata | Lucina lirata | Lucinidae | NE | 1 |
| Lucina spec | Lucina spec | Lucinidae | NE | 6 |
| Smooth Trough Shell | Mactra lilacea | Mactridae | NE | 4 |
| Radiately-Ridged Trough Shell | Meropesta nicobarica | Mactridae | NE | 1 |
| Arctostrea aualites | Arctostrea aualites | Malleidae | NE | 2 |
| Eligmus polytypus | Eligmus polytypus | Malleidae | NE | 4 |
| Eligmus rollandi | Eligmus rollandi | Malleidae | NE | 4 |
| Eligmus weiri | Eligmus weiri | Malleidae | NE | 5 |
| Heligmus asiaticus | Heligmus asiaticus | Malleidae | NE | 2 |
| Heligmus integer | Heligmus integer | Malleidae | NE | 2 |
| Heligmus rollandi | Heligmus rollandi | Malleidae | NE | 3 |
| American hammer oyster | Malleus albus | Malleidae | NE | 3 |
| Malleus legumen | Malleus legumen | Malleidae | NE | 1 |
| common hammer-oyster | Malleus malleus | Malleidae | NE | 1 |
| Malleus regula | Malleus regula | Malleidae | NE | 1 |
| Pacific pearl-oyster | Pinctada margaritifera | Margaritidae | NE | 2 |
| Pinctada vulgaris | Pinctada vulgaris | Margaritidae | NE | 1 |
| eastern pearlshell | Margaritifera margaritifera | Margaritiferidae | EN | 1 |
| Idioteuthis tyroi | Idioteuthis tyroi | Mastigoteuthidae | NE | 1 |
| Hjort's Whiplash Squid | Mastigopsis hjorti | Mastigoteuthidae | NE | 2 |
| Chinese Wedge Shell | Coecella chinensis | Mesodesmatidae | NE | 1 |
| Pseudomonotis nigricans | Pseudomonotis nigricans | Monotidae | NE | 1 |
| Mya depressa | Mya depressa | Myidae | NE | 1 |
| Arcomytilus laitmairensis | Arcomytilus laitmairensis | Mytilidae | NE | 5 |
| Modiola subangustissima | Modiola subangustissima | Mytilidae | NE | 3 |
| Eared Horse Mussel | Modiolus auriculatus | Mytilidae | NE | 1 |
| Modiolus imbricatus | Modiolus imbricatus | Mytilidae | NE | 8 |
| Mytilus autissiodorensis | Mytilus autissiodorensis | Mytilidae | NE | 1 |
| Mytilus blanfordi | Mytilus blanfordi | Mytilidae | NE | 1 |
| Mytilus glendayi | Mytilus glendayi | Mytilidae | NE | 1 |
| Mytilus jurensis | Mytilus jurensis | Mytilidae | NE | 3 |
| Mytilus perplicatus | Mytilus perplicatus | Mytilidae | NE | 1 |
| Mytilus somaliensis | Mytilus somaliensis | Mytilidae | NE | 4 |
| Mytilus spec | Mytilus spec | Mytilidae | NE | 1 |
| Mexilhao Mussel | Perna perna | Mytilidae | NE | 1 |
| Septifer cumingii | Septifer cumingii | Mytilidae | NE | 2 |
| pointed nut clam | Nuculana acuta | Nuculanidae | NE | 1 |
| Nucula consentanea | Nucula consentanea | Nuculidae | NE | 1 |
| Nucula spec | Nucula spec | Nuculidae | NE | 1 |
| Palaeonucula cuneiformis | Palaeonucula cuneiformis | Nuculidae | NE | 7 |
| Dollfus's octopus | Amphioctopus aegina | Octopodidae | LC | 1 |
| foliate oyster | Dendostrea folium | Ostreidae | NE | 8 |
| Cock's Comb Oyster | Lopha cristagalli | Ostreidae | NE | 2 |
| Magallana gryphoides | Magallana gryphoides | Ostreidae | NE | 5 |
| Ostrea costata | Ostrea costata | Ostreidae | NE | 1 |
| Ostrea dorsalis | Ostrea dorsalis | Ostreidae | NE | 6 |
| Ostrea gregarea | Ostrea gregarea | Ostreidae | NE | 7 |
| Ostrea latimarginata | Ostrea latimarginata | Ostreidae | NE | 1 |
| Ostrea protoimbricata | Ostrea protoimbricata | Ostreidae | NE | 3 |
| Ostrea roncana | Ostrea roncana | Ostreidae | NE | 2 |
| Ostrea subangulata | Ostrea subangulata | Ostreidae | NE | 6 |
| Saccostrea virleti | Saccostrea virleti | Ostreidae | NE | 3 |
| Oxytoma inequivalve | Oxytoma inequivalve | Oxytomidae | NE | 1 |
| Nautilus hexagonus | Nautilus hexagonus | Paracenoceratidae | NE | 1 |
| Grammatodon egertonianus | Grammatodon egertonianus | Parallelodontidae | NE | 10 |
| Amussiopecten labadyei | Amussiopecten labadyei | Pectinidae | NE | 6 |
| Annachlamys reevei | Annachlamys reevei | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Annachlamys striatula | Annachlamys striatula | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Azumapecten ruschenbergerii | Azumapecten ruschenbergerii | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Bractechlamys corallinoides | Bractechlamys corallinoides | Pectinidae | NE | 2 |
| Bractechlamys nodulifera | Bractechlamys nodulifera | Pectinidae | NE | 11 |
| Camptochlamys obscura | Camptochlamys obscura | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Camptonectes auritus | Camptonectes auritus | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Camptonectes virdunensis | Camptonectes virdunensis | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Chlamys curvivarians | Chlamys curvivarians | Pectinidae | NE | 5 |
| Chlamys spec | Chlamys spec | Pectinidae | NE | 3 |
| Chlamys textoria | Chlamys textoria | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Costellamussiopecten baranensis | Costellamussiopecten baranensis | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Cryptopecten bernardi | Cryptopecten bernardi | Pectinidae | NE | 3 |
| Eopecten velatus | Eopecten velatus | Pectinidae | NE | 3 |
| royal cloak scallop | Gloripallium pallium | Pectinidae | NE | 6 |
| Gloripallium speciosum | Gloripallium speciosum | Pectinidae | NE | 2 |
| Laevichlamys rubromaculata | Laevichlamys rubromaculata | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Laevichlamys superficialis | Laevichlamys superficialis | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| austral scallop | Mimachlamys asperrima | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Mimachlamys gloriosa | Mimachlamys gloriosa | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| noble scallop | Mimachlamys sanguinea | Pectinidae | NE | 16 |
| Mimachlamys townsendi | Mimachlamys townsendi | Pectinidae | NE | 3 |
| Mirapecten cranmerorum | Mirapecten cranmerorum | Pectinidae | NE | 36 |
| Mirapecten tuberosus | Mirapecten tuberosus | Pectinidae | NE | 2 |
| Pecten dorotheae | Pecten dorotheae | Pectinidae | NE | 8 |
| Pecten erythraeensis | Pecten erythraeensis | Pectinidae | NE | 2 |
| Pecten excavatus | Pecten excavatus | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Pecten feddeni | Pecten feddeni | Pectinidae | NE | 2 |
| St.James's scallop | Pecten jacobaeus | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Pecten sedanensis | Pecten sedanensis | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Pecten subcorneus | Pecten subcorneus | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Spondylopecten palinurus | Spondylopecten palinurus | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Humpback Scallop | Talochlamys pusio | Pectinidae | NE | 4 |
| Volachlamys fultoni | Volachlamys fultoni | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Volachlamys singaporina | Volachlamys singaporina | Pectinidae | NE | 1 |
| Knife Finger Oyster | Ensiculus cultellus | Pharidae | NE | 2 |
| Siliqua polita | Siliqua polita | Pharidae | NE | 3 |
| Cardium protei | Cardium protei | Pholadomyidae | NE | 2 |
| Goniomya lacunosa | Goniomya lacunosa | Pholadomyidae | NE | 1 |
| Goniomya literata | Goniomya literata | Pholadomyidae | NE | 1 |
| Pholadomya aubryi | Pholadomya aubryi | Pholadomyidae | NE | 3 |
| Pholadomya carinata | Pholadomya carinata | Pholadomyidae | NE | 1 |
| Pholadomya inornata | Pholadomya inornata | Pholadomyidae | NE | 5 |
| Pholadomya lirata | Pholadomya lirata | Pholadomyidae | NE | 6 |
| Pholadomya percarinata | Pholadomya percarinata | Pholadomyidae | NE | 1 |
| Pholadomya somaliensis | Pholadomya somaliensis | Pholadomyidae | NE | 1 |
| Pinna bicolor | Pinna bicolor | Pinnidae | NE | 1 |
| Rough Penshell | Pinna rudis | Pinnidae | NE | 1 |
| Plicatula cochlear | Plicatula cochlear | Plicatulidae | NE | 1 |
| Plicatula cossmanni | Plicatula cossmanni | Plicatulidae | NE | 1 |
| Atlantic Kittenpaw | Plicatula gibbosa | Plicatulidae | NE | 1 |
| Plicatula imbricata | Plicatula imbricata | Plicatulidae | NE | 1 |
| plicate kitten's paw | Plicatula plicata | Plicatulidae | NE | 2 |
| Cetomya orientalis | Cetomya orientalis | Poromyidae | NE | 2 |
| Posidonia somaliensis | Posidonia somaliensis | Posidoniidae | NE | 3 |
| Claviderma gagei | Claviderma gagei | Prochaetodermatidae | NE | 1 |
| Parvamussium anolense | Parvamussium anolense | Propeamussiidae | NE | 1 |
| Pacific asaphis | Asaphis violascens | Psammobiidae | NE | 2 |
| Gari insignis | Gari insignis | Psammobiidae | NE | 1 |
| Zebra Wingshell | Pterelectroma physoides | Pteriidae | NE | 2 |
| Hairy Wing Oyster | Pteria heteroptera | Pteriidae | NE | 1 |
| Praeradiolites hoeninghausi | Praeradiolites hoeninghausi | Radiolitidae | NE | 2 |
| Praeradiolites subtoucasi | Praeradiolites subtoucasi | Radiolitidae | NE | 1 |
| Abra chuni | Abra chuni | Semelidae | NE | 6 |
| Semele carnicolor | Semele carnicolor | Semelidae | NE | 1 |
| Semele crenulata | Semele crenulata | Semelidae | NE | 1 |
| Pharaoh Cuttlefish | Acanthosepion pharaonis | Sepiidae | NE | 1 |
| Arabian Cuttlefish | Aurosepina arabica | Sepiidae | NE | 4 |
| Trident Cuttlefish | Erythalassa trygonina | Sepiidae | NE | 5 |
| Hooded Cuttlefish | Rhombosepion prashadi | Sepiidae | LC | 5 |
| Sepia joubini | Sepia joubini | Sepiidae | DD | 1 |
| Sepia sewelli | Sepia sewelli | Sepiidae | DD | 2 |
| Common Spineless Cuttlefish | Sepiella inermis | Sepiidae | DD | 2 |
| Whip-bearing Bobtail | Austrorossia mastigophora | Sepiolidae | LC | 3 |
| corrugate solecurtus | Solecurtus cumingianus | Solecurtidae | NE | 1 |
| Solen ceylonensis | Solen ceylonensis | Solenidae | NE | 1 |
| Solen cylindraceus | Solen cylindraceus | Solenidae | NE | 1 |
| Ubiquitous Peaclam | Euglesa casertana | Sphaeriidae | LC | 1 |
| Ram's Horn Squid | Spirula spirula | Spirulidae | LC | 1 |
| Spondylus decussatus | Spondylus decussatus | Spondylidae | NE | 2 |
| Spondylus foliaceus | Spondylus foliaceus | Spondylidae | NE | 1 |
| Spondylus gravis | Spondylus gravis | Spondylidae | NE | 8 |
| Spondylus mucronatus | Spondylus mucronatus | Spondylidae | NE | 2 |
| Spondylus nicobaricus | Spondylus nicobaricus | Spondylidae | NE | 2 |
| Spondylus ornatissimus | Spondylus ornatissimus | Spondylidae | NE | 2 |
| Spondylus pratii | Spondylus pratii | Spondylidae | NE | 8 |
| Spondylus spec | Spondylus spec | Spondylidae | NE | 3 |
| golden thorny oyster | Spondylus versicolor | Spondylidae | NE | 1 |
| Tancredia africana | Tancredia africana | Tancrediidae | NE | 1 |
| Speckled Tellin | Arcopaginula inflata | Tellinidae | NE | 1 |
| foliated tellin | Phylloda foliacea | Tellinidae | NE | 1 |
| Quidnipagus palatam | Quidnipagus palatam | Tellinidae | NE | 3 |
| Serratina fimbriata | Serratina fimbriata | Tellinidae | NE | 1 |
| Serratina resecta | Serratina resecta | Tellinidae | NE | 1 |
| Tellinella cruciata | Tellinella cruciata | Tellinidae | NE | 5 |
| Tellinides striatus | Tellinides striatus | Tellinidae | NE | 1 |
| Cream Wafer Clam | Tonganaella perna | Tellinidae | NE | 2 |
| Kuphus polythalamius | Kuphus polythalamius | Teredinidae | NE | 18 |
| Thracia viceliacensis | Thracia viceliacensis | Thraciidae | NE | 4 |
| Trigonia reticulata | Trigonia reticulata | Trigoniidae | NE | 2 |
| Trigonia somaliensis | Trigonia somaliensis | Trigoniidae | NE | 1 |
Sources
- Circular Clam · gbif.org
- Codakia punctata · gbif.org
- Pacific tiger lucine · gbif.org
- Lace Cockle · gbif.org
- Divaricella angulifera · gbif.org
- Divaricella macandreae · gbif.org
- smooth platter shell · gbif.org
- Lucina lirata · gbif.org
- Lucina spec · gbif.org
- Smooth Trough Shell · gbif.org
- Radiately-Ridged Trough Shell · gbif.org
- Arctostrea aualites · gbif.org
- Eligmus polytypus · gbif.org
- Eligmus rollandi · gbif.org
- Eligmus weiri · gbif.org
- Heligmus asiaticus · gbif.org
- Heligmus integer · gbif.org
- Heligmus rollandi · gbif.org
- American hammer oyster · gbif.org
- Malleus legumen · gbif.org
- common hammer-oyster · gbif.org
- Malleus regula · gbif.org
- Pacific pearl-oyster · gbif.org
- Pinctada vulgaris · gbif.org
- eastern pearlshell · gbif.org
- Idioteuthis tyroi · gbif.org
- Hjort's Whiplash Squid · gbif.org
- Chinese Wedge Shell · gbif.org
- Pseudomonotis nigricans · gbif.org
- Mya depressa · gbif.org
- Arcomytilus laitmairensis · gbif.org
- Modiola subangustissima · gbif.org
- Eared Horse Mussel · gbif.org
- Modiolus imbricatus · gbif.org
- Mytilus autissiodorensis · gbif.org
- Mytilus blanfordi · gbif.org
- Mytilus glendayi · gbif.org
- Mytilus jurensis · gbif.org
- Mytilus perplicatus · gbif.org
- Mytilus somaliensis · gbif.org
- Mytilus spec · gbif.org
- Mexilhao Mussel · gbif.org
- Septifer cumingii · gbif.org
- pointed nut clam · gbif.org
- Nucula consentanea · gbif.org
- Nucula spec · gbif.org
- Palaeonucula cuneiformis · gbif.org
- Dollfus's octopus · gbif.org
- foliate oyster · gbif.org
- Cock's Comb Oyster · gbif.org
- Magallana gryphoides · gbif.org
- Ostrea costata · gbif.org
- Ostrea dorsalis · gbif.org
- Ostrea gregarea · gbif.org
- Ostrea latimarginata · gbif.org
- Ostrea protoimbricata · gbif.org
- Ostrea roncana · gbif.org
- Ostrea subangulata · gbif.org
- Saccostrea virleti · gbif.org
- Oxytoma inequivalve · gbif.org
- Nautilus hexagonus · gbif.org
- Grammatodon egertonianus · gbif.org
- Amussiopecten labadyei · gbif.org
- Annachlamys reevei · gbif.org
- Annachlamys striatula · gbif.org
- Azumapecten ruschenbergerii · gbif.org
- Bractechlamys corallinoides · gbif.org
- Bractechlamys nodulifera · gbif.org
- Camptochlamys obscura · gbif.org
- Camptonectes auritus · gbif.org
- Camptonectes virdunensis · gbif.org
- Chlamys curvivarians · gbif.org
- Chlamys spec · gbif.org
- Chlamys textoria · gbif.org
- Costellamussiopecten baranensis · gbif.org
- Cryptopecten bernardi · gbif.org
- Eopecten velatus · gbif.org
- royal cloak scallop · gbif.org
- Gloripallium speciosum · gbif.org
- Laevichlamys rubromaculata · gbif.org
- Laevichlamys superficialis · gbif.org
- austral scallop · gbif.org
- Mimachlamys gloriosa · gbif.org
- noble scallop · gbif.org
- Mimachlamys townsendi · gbif.org
- Mirapecten cranmerorum · gbif.org
- Mirapecten tuberosus · gbif.org
- Pecten dorotheae · gbif.org
- Pecten erythraeensis · gbif.org
- Pecten excavatus · gbif.org
- Pecten feddeni · gbif.org
- St.James's scallop · gbif.org
- Pecten sedanensis · gbif.org
- Pecten subcorneus · gbif.org
- Spondylopecten palinurus · gbif.org
- Humpback Scallop · gbif.org
- Volachlamys fultoni · gbif.org
- Volachlamys singaporina · gbif.org
- Knife Finger Oyster · gbif.org
- Siliqua polita · gbif.org
- Cardium protei · gbif.org
- Goniomya lacunosa · gbif.org
- Goniomya literata · gbif.org
- Pholadomya aubryi · gbif.org
- Pholadomya carinata · gbif.org
- Pholadomya inornata · gbif.org
- Pholadomya lirata · gbif.org
- Pholadomya percarinata · gbif.org
- Pholadomya somaliensis · gbif.org
- Pinna bicolor · gbif.org
- Rough Penshell · gbif.org
- Plicatula cochlear · gbif.org
- Plicatula cossmanni · gbif.org
- Atlantic Kittenpaw · gbif.org
- Plicatula imbricata · gbif.org
- plicate kitten's paw · gbif.org
- Cetomya orientalis · gbif.org
- Posidonia somaliensis · gbif.org
- Claviderma gagei · gbif.org
- Parvamussium anolense · gbif.org
- Pacific asaphis · gbif.org
- Gari insignis · gbif.org
- Zebra Wingshell · gbif.org
- Hairy Wing Oyster · gbif.org
- Praeradiolites hoeninghausi · gbif.org
- Praeradiolites subtoucasi · gbif.org
- Abra chuni · gbif.org
- Semele carnicolor · gbif.org
- Semele crenulata · gbif.org
- Pharaoh Cuttlefish · gbif.org
- Arabian Cuttlefish · gbif.org
- Trident Cuttlefish · gbif.org
- Hooded Cuttlefish · gbif.org
- Sepia joubini · gbif.org
- Sepia sewelli · gbif.org
- Common Spineless Cuttlefish · gbif.org
- Whip-bearing Bobtail · gbif.org
- corrugate solecurtus · gbif.org
- Solen ceylonensis · gbif.org
- Solen cylindraceus · gbif.org
- Ubiquitous Peaclam · gbif.org
- Ram's Horn Squid · gbif.org
- Spondylus decussatus · gbif.org
- Spondylus foliaceus · gbif.org
- Spondylus gravis · gbif.org
- Spondylus mucronatus · gbif.org
- Spondylus nicobaricus · gbif.org
- Spondylus ornatissimus · gbif.org
- Spondylus pratii · gbif.org
- Spondylus spec · gbif.org
- golden thorny oyster · gbif.org
- Tancredia africana · gbif.org
- Speckled Tellin · gbif.org
- foliated tellin · gbif.org
- Quidnipagus palatam · gbif.org
- Serratina fimbriata · gbif.org
- Serratina resecta · gbif.org
- Tellinella cruciata · gbif.org
- Tellinides striatus · gbif.org
- Cream Wafer Clam · gbif.org
- Kuphus polythalamius · gbif.org
- Thracia viceliacensis · gbif.org
- Trigonia reticulata · gbif.org
- Trigonia somaliensis · gbif.org
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