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
- Chaetopleura peruviana
- Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824)
- Chiton granosus
- Chiton magnificus (Deshayes, 1844)
- Tonicia atrata
- Tonicia chilensis
- Tonicia disjuncta
- Tonicia lebruni
- Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797)
- Chaetopleura benaventei
- Chaetopleura peruviana
- Ischnochiton pusio (Sowerby in Sow. & Brod, 1832)
- Plaxiphora aurata
Gastropoda
- Cypraea caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
- Cypraea englerti (Summers & Burgess, 1965)
- 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
- Columbarium tomicici (McLean & Andrade, 1982)
Bivalvia
Mytiloida
- Aulacomya ater - local name Cholga
- Choromytilus chorus - local name Choro zapato
- Mytilus chilensis (Hupé, 1854) - local name Chorito
- Mytilus edulis - local name Choro
- Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) - local name Navaja or Huepo
Veneroida
- Ensis macha (Molina, 1782) - local name Navajuela
- Protothaca thaca (Molina, 1782) - local name: Almeja
Mesodesmatidae (Gray, 1839)
- Mesodesma donacium - local name: Macha
Ostreoida
- 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
- Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835). Also known as Humboldt squid.
Octopoda
- Enteroctopus megalocyathus (Gould, 1852) - local name: Pulpo de Chiloé
- Octopus mimus
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See also
References
- (Spanish) List of Chilean molluscs
Further reading
- Ashton T. (2007). A Field Guide to Molluscs of Northern Chile. 112 pp.
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