A checklist of molluscans inhabiting Bandri Beach along the Jiwani coast, Balochistan, Pakistan

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Authors Ghani, Abdul; Afsar, Nuzhat; Moazzam, Muhammad

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A CHECKLIST OF MOLLUSCANS INHABITING BANDRI BEACH ALONG THE JIWANI COAST, BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN

Abdul Ghani, Nuzhat Afsar and Muhammad Moazzam Institute of Marine Science, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. (AG, NA); WWF, Karachi office, Bungalow # 46/K, Block 6, P.E.C.H.S, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi (MM). email: [email protected]; [email protected]

ABSTRACT: Main object of the study was to record the composition and diversity of intertidal molluscan species of the Bandri Beach along the Jiwani coast, Balochistan to develop baseline data information which could be helpful in future conservation perspective. The study revealed the presence of ninety eight (98) species comprising of sixty eight (68) gastropods, twenty six (26) bivalves, two (2) scaphopods, one (1) Polyplacophora and one (1) Cephalopod species at two selected points of the Bandri Beach, Jiwani coast. Among these molluscan species, members of cerithids, trochid Umbonium vestairium, bivalve Branchidontes variabilis and oyster Crassostrea madrasensis were found in abundance. Study presents the first report on the occurrence of molluscan species in the area.

KEYWORDS: Molluscs, checklist, Bandri Beach, Jiwani, Balochistan coast, Pakistan.

INTRODUCTION

Molluscan species of Pakistan coast especially those found along the Sindh coast have been studied extensively and several authors have published papers on species diversity, distribution, and abundance (Burney and Barkati, 1995; Nasreen et al., 2000; Rahman and Barkati, 2004; Afsar et al., 2012; Rahman and Barkati, 2012; Afsar et al., 2013 a,b), as compared to molluscan abunadance and distribution studies along Balochistan coast. Woodword (1856) was the first to publish a catalogue on the Molluscan species collected from Karachi. Then Ranjha (1960) reported the edible molluscs of Pakistan and Ashraf (1969) provided some details on cephalopods of Pakistan. In addition, Khan and Dastagir (1971; 1972) and Khan et al., (1973) added details on the gastropods and pelecypods found along Pakistan Coast. Ahmed et al.(1982) worked on the distribution and abundance of intertidal organisms of some beaches of Makran coast including Jiwani. Tirmizi and Zehra (1982; 1984) published a monograph and an illustrated key to families of Pakistani marine molluscs. The other workers, like Kazmi (1995), Kazmi and Naushaba (2003; 2004), Kazmi and Tirmizi (1997), Kazmi et al., (1996) added more information about the molluscan fauna of Pakistan. Moazzam and Ahmed (1995) discussed the prospects of the development of molluscan fisheries in Pakistan. Kazmi and Moazzam (2014) documented nine new records of molluscan species from the coast of Pakistan. Recently Psomadakis et al.(2015) provided information about commercially important molluscan species dwelling along the coastline of Pakistan. 62 Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 27(1), 2018.

Recently Ghani and Afsar (2017) and Ghani et al. (2017) presented a first ever record of two flag pen shells from Bandri area of Jiwani, Balochistan in addition to quantitative analysis of molluscans of this area. Present study provides for the first time, a checklist of molluscans dwelling along the Bandri Beach.

Fig. 1. Map is showing collection site Bandri beach, Jiwani. Bandri beach (25.0667oN, 61.8000oE) Northern Arabian Sea. Ghani et al.: Checklist of molluscans inhabiting Bandri Beach 63

MATERIALS AND METHOD

Surveys were made during the period from October 2014 to September 2015 and on average minimum (1) and maximum (50) specimens of each species were collected for taxonomic identification from Bandri beach (25.0667° N, 61.8000° E) (Fig. 1). Two stations were selected along the Bandri beach about one and half km apart from each other to collect the samples of . Samples were identified based on conchological characteristics features with the help of published materials including books, online libraries and research publication (Khan and Dastagir, 1971; Tirmizi and Zehra, 1982; Boesch et al., 1995; Lee and Chao, 2003; Siddiqui and Ahmed, 2002; Tan and Clements, 2008; World Register of Marine Species-- WoRMS 2016).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

In general at the Bandri Beach a total of 46 families were recorded. Among these families, family Muricidae showed the highest number of species amounting to 12 followed by Osteridae representing 6 species. Families Nassariidae and Cerithidae were represented by 5 species each, families Neritidae, Naticidae, Columbellidae and Arcidae each represented by 4 species. At station one, among the families Cerithidae and Naticidae were dominant represented by five (5) and three (3) species, respectively. The number of individuals of each species was present in moderate numbers in the samples. Another family though represented by three (3) species was found to have individuals of one species, in very large number in the samples, which is Umbonium vestairium. At Station two Families Muricidae and Osteridae showed highest number of species but each species was represented by low number of individuals. On the other hand family Mytilidae showed the abundance of the species Branchidontes variabilis.

Table 1. Checklist of mollusca species found at two stations of Bandri. Symbols showing presence and absence of species: + (present) ; - (absent).

Subclass/ Stations Family Species

Order Class Phylum Station 1 Station 2 Diodora funiculata Fissurellidae - +

(Reeve, 1850)

Euchelus asper Chilodontidae - + (Gmelin, 1791) Trochus erithreus Trochidae - +

Mollusca (Brocchi, 1821) Monodonta sp + + (Lamarck, 1799) Continued….. 64 Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 27(1), 2018.

Umbonium vestiarium + + (Linnaeus, 1758) Lunella cronata Turbinidae + + (Gmelin, 1791) Turbo bruneus + + (Roding, 1798) Cellana rota Ptellogastropoda Nacellidae + + (Gmelin, 1791) Cellana Karachiensis - + (Winckworth, 1930) Cycloneriti- Nerita adenensis Neritidae - + morpha (Mienis, 1978) Nerita albicilla + + (Linnaeus, 1758) Nerita longii - + (Recluz, 1841) Nerita textilis - + (Gmelin, 1791) Caenogastro- Planaxis sulcatus

Planaxidae - +

poda (Born, 1780) Cerithium caeruleum Cerithiidae + + (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)

Cerithium zonatum Mollusca

Gastropoda + + (W.Wood, 1828) Cerithium scabridum + + (Philippi, 1848) Clypeomorus bifaciata + + (G.B. Sowerby, 1855) Clypeomorus bifaciata bifaciata + + (G.B. Sowerby, 1855) Gyroscala lamellosa Epitoniidae - + (Lamarck, 1822) Pirenella cingulata Potamididae - + (Gmelin, 1791) Turritella maculata Turritellidae - + (Reeve, 1849) Tibia curta Littorinimorpha Rostellariidae + + (G.B.Sowerby, 1842) Erosaria turdus Cypraeidae + + (Lamarck, 1810) Neverita didyma Naticidae + - (Roding, 1798) Continued…….

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Polinices mammilla + - (Linnaeus, 1758) Natica cincta - + (Recluz,18) Naticaris alapapilionis + - (Roding, 1798) Tonna luteostoma Tonnidae + - (Kuster, 1857) Gyrineum natator Ranellidae - + (Roding, 1798) Monoplex parthenopeum (Salis - + Marchlins, 1793) Niso venosa Eulimidare + - (Sowerby, 1895) Chicoreus brunneus Neogastropoda Muricidae - + (Link, 1807) Hexaplex kuesterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, - +

1875)

Cronia sp (H. Adams & - + A. Adams, 1853) Tenguella granulata - +

(Duclos, 1832) Mollusca Gastropoda Morula nodulosa - + (C. B. Adams, 1845) Mourla sp - + (Schumacher, 1817) Purpura panama - + (Roding, 1798) Purpura bufo - + (Lamarck, 1822) Indothais lacera - + (Born, 1778) Thalessa savignyi - + (Deshayes, 1844) Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, - + 1852) Babylonia spirata Babyloniidae + + (Linnaeus, 1758) Anachis fauroti Columbellidae + + (Jousseaume, 1888) Anachis terpsichore (G. + + B. Sowerby II, 1822) Continued……. 66 Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 27(1), 2018.

Euplica varians + + (Sowerby I, 1832) Mitrella blanda + + (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) Nassarius Nassariidae deshayesianus (Issel, - + 1866) Nassarius fissilabris - + (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius persicus + + (Martens, 1874) Nassarius marmoreus - + (A. Adams, 1852) Bullia tranquebarica + + (Roding, 1798) Oliva bulbosa Olividae + + (Roding, 1798) Scabricola desetangsii Mitridae + - (Kiener, 1838) Vexillum sp (Roding,

Costellariidae - +

1798) Scalptia sp Cancellariidae - + (Jousseaume, 1887)

Mollusca Conus milesi (E. A.

Gastropoda Conidae + - Smith, 1887) Conus namocanus (Hwass in Bruguiere, + + 1792) Turricula nelliae spuria Clavatulidae + - (Hedley, 1922) Impages nana Terebridae + - (Deshayes, 1859) Architecto- Architectonica stellata Heterobranchia + + nicidae (Philippi, 1849) Architectonica - + laevigata (Lamarck) Pupa affinis (A. Acteonidae + - Adams, 1855) Siphonaria ashgar Siphonariidae - + (Biggs, 1958) Siphonaria savignyi + + (Krauss, 1848) Bulla ampulla Cephalaspidea Bullidae - + (Linnaeus, 1758) Continued….. Ghani et al.: Checklist of molluscans inhabiting Bandri Beach 67

Systellom- Onchidium sp Onchidiidae - + matophora (Buchannan, 1800) Arca sp (Linnaeus, Arcida Arcidae + - 1758) Barbatia obliquata - + (Wood, 1828) Anadara indica - + (Gmelin, 1791) Anadara natalensis + + (Krauss, 1848) Perna viridis Mytilida Mytilidae - + (Linnaeus, 1758) Perna perna (Linnaeus, - + 1758) Brachidontes variabilis + + (Krauss, 1848) Atrina vexillium (Born, Ostreida Pinnidae + - 1778) Atrina pectinata + - (Linnaeus, 1767)

Saccostrea cucullata Ostreidae - +

(Born, 1778) Saccostrea echinata

Mollusca (Quoy & Gaimard, - +

Bivalvia 1835) Crassostrea madrasensis (Preston, + + 1916) Saccostrea sp 1 (Dollfus & - + Dautzenberg, 1920) Saccostrea sp 2 (Dollfus & - + Dautzenberg, 1920) Ostrea sp (Linnaeus, - + 1758) Cardites bicolor Carditida Carditidae + + (Lamarck, 1819) Plagiocardium sp - + (Cossmann, 1886) Acrosterigma sp 1 Cardiida Cardiidae + - (Dall, 1900) Acrosterigma sp 2 + - (Dall, 1900) Continued……. 68 Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 27(1), 2018.

Hecuba sp Donacidae + + (Schumacher, 1817) Donax sp (Linnaeus, + - 1758) Mactra aequisulcata Heterodonta Mactridae + + (Sowerby III, 1894) Solen vagina (Linnaeus, Adapedonta Solenidae + - 1758) Bivalvia Siliqua radiata Pharidae + - (Linnaeus, 1758) Callista umbonella Venerida Veneridae + - (Lamarck, 1818) Paratapes undulata + -

(Born, 1778)

Dentalium Dentaliida Dentaliidae octangulatum + +

(Donovan, 1803) Mollusca Dentalium sp + +

Scaphopoda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chiton peregrinus Chitonida Chitonidae - +

(Thiele, 1910)

Polyplacophora

Octopus sp Octopoda Octopodidae - +

(Cuvier, 1798)

Cphalopoda

5 20 47 98 52 78 Total

The record of molluscan species found on the coast of Balochistan as compared to the molluscan species found on the coast of Sindh is meager. Present study provides an information on the species of mollusca found on the Bandri Beach of Jiwani, Balochistan. A checklist of 98 molluscan species belonging to 46 families from the Bandri Beachis presented (Table 1).Overall sixty seven (68) species of gastropods were found at two stations of Bandri Beach, among these twenty three (23) species were present at both stations. Twenty six (26) species of bivalves were found at both stations (Table 1). Several authors have reported the molluscan species from the coast of Balochistan. Ahmed et al., (1982) reported fifty three (53) species of mollusca from East and West Bay of Gawader, Dasht Hor and Jiwani, while among these Crassostrea sp. was Ghani et al.: Checklist of molluscans inhabiting Bandri Beach 69 identified only on genus level, ranged in size about four inches with pinkish to copper- colore inside. It was also the first record from Pakistan. Additionally Nodolittorina picta found at the uppermost surface of the rock boulders of West Gawader Bay. As well as green mussel Perna viridis found to be the most abundant species along the East Bay of Gawader whereas Saccostrea tuberculata and Brachidontes sp. (Brachidontes variabilis in the present study) have been reported from the rest house beach (now WWF office Jiwani) on the coast of Jiwani. Tirmizi and Zehra, (1984) recorded about twenty three (23) molluscan species from Pasni and 12 species from Astola Island. From Gawadar collectively a total of seventy (70) molluscan species were recorded by Khan and Dastagir (1971); Ahmed et al., (1982); Tirmizi and Zehra (1984), From Gadani eleven (11) species of mollusca were recorded (Tirmizi and Zehra, 1984). During the present study, Branchidontes variabilis (Ghani et al., 2017) was identified for the first time from Bandri Beach, while previously Ahmed et al. (1982) reported this genus from Jiwani and Gawadar rocky coastline as mentioned above.

CONCLUSION

Present study reveals that the Bandri Beach Jiwani is a very important site for molluscan species. The area is characterized by large quantity of Saccostrea cucullata, S. echinata and Crassostrea madrasensis. Although stocks of oyster species all along the Pakistan coastline are depleted (Beg, 1995; Siddiqui et al., 2008; Afsar et al., 2014; Moazzam, 2015), but Jiwani City coast and Bandri Beach still have natural beds of these important species. At Bandri beach dense population of gastropod species Umbonium vestairium (button shell) are also present.

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