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List of marine molluscs of Chile

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This list of marine molluscs of Chile is a partial list of marine mollusc species which have been recorded in Chile. In other words, it is a list of salt water species of snails, clams and other molluscs. The list does not include land snails or slugs, or freshwater snails or clams.

Polyplacophora Order: Neoloricata

Chaetopleuridae

Chaetopleura peruviana Chitonidae

Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824) Chiton granosus Chiton magnificus (Deshayes, 1844) Tonicia atrata Tonicia chilensis Tonicia disjuncta Tonicia lebruni Ischnochitonidae

Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797) Chaetopleura benaventei Chaetopleura peruviana Ischnochiton pusio (Sowerby in Sow. & Brod, 1832) Mopaliidae

Plaxiphora aurata

Gastropoda Patellidae

Cellana ardosioea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Cypraeidae

Cypraea caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888) Cypraea englerti (Summers & Burgess, 1965) Muricidae

Chorus giganteus Concholepas concholepas - also referred as Chilean abalone. Local name: Loco Thais chocolata (Duclos, 1832) - local name: Locate Thais delessertiana (D'Orbigny, 1841) Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1758) Xanthochorus buxeus Xanthochorus cassidiformis Turbinellidae

Columbarium tomicici (McLean & Andrade, 1982)

Bivalvia

Mytiloida Mytilidae

Aulacomya ater - local name Cholga Choromytilus chorus - local name Choro zapato Mytilus platensis (d'Orbigny, 1842) - local name Chorito Mytilus edulis - local name Choro Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) - local name Navaja or Huepo

Veneroida Solenidae

Ensis macha (Molina, 1782) - local name Navajuela Veneridae

Protothaca thaca (Molina, 1782) - local name: Almeja Mesodesmatidae (Gray, 1839)

Mesodesma donacium - local name: Macha

Ostreoida Pectinidae

Chlamys purpurata - local name: Ostión Chlamys patagonica - local name: Ostión del sur or Ostión patagónico Ostreidae (Rafinesque, 1815)

Crassostrea gigas - local name: Ostra del Pacífico Ostrea chilensis - local name: Ostra chilena

Cephalopoda

Teuthida Ommastrephidae

Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835). Also known as Humboldt squid.

Octopoda Octopodidae

Enteroctopus megalocyathus (Gould, 1852) - local name: Pulpo de Chiloé Octopus mimus

See also List of non-marine molluscs of Chile Wildlife of Chile

References

(in Spanish) List of Chilean molluscs

Further reading Ashton T. (2007). A Field Guide to Molluscs of Northern Chile. 112 pp.

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