• Source: List of marine molluscs of Chile

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.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of marine molluscs of Chile
• List of non-marine molluscs of Chile
• Outline of gastropods
• List of edible molluscs
• Wildlife of Chile
• Chilean mussel
• Chorus giganteus
• Humboldt squid
• List of non-marine molluscs of Peru
• List of non-marine molluscs of Argentina