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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

References

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