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Not AvailableEver increasing human population, habitat destruction and pollution along the Mumbai coast are some of the major threats to molluscan fauna. Molluscs form a major group of organisms that makes-up an integral part of mangrove ecosystems. A study, carried out in 8 mangrove areas of Mumbai, west coast ofIndia,fromAugust2015toMay2016,revealedadistributionof61molluscanspecies,representedby 46 gastropods, 14 bivalves and 1 polyplacophora. The number of species reported from the study is the secondhighestforthemangroveecosystemsofIndia,afterAndamanandNicobarIslandsmangroves.The study also reports 2 new distributional records for gastropods, namely Salinator fragilis and Auriculastra subula.ThemolluscandiversitywasthehighestinthemangrovesofVersova,north-westernMumbai.The molluscanspeciesdiversityfrommangroveecosystemalongtheMumbaicoasthasbeendocumentedin detailinordertoprovideusefulbaselinedataforsupportingconservationmanagement.Not Availabl