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

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Order: Neoloricata

Chiton magnificus

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

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Patellidae

* Cellana ardosioea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Concholepas concholepas

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

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Mytilus platensis

### Mytiloida

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Mytilidae

* Aulacomya ater \- local name Cholga
* Choromytilus chorus \- local name Choro zapato
* Mytilus platensis (d'Orbigny, 1842) \- local name Chorito

See also: Mytilus chilensis

* Mytilus edulis \- local name Choro
* Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) \- local name Navaja or Huepo

### Veneroida

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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

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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

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Dosidicus gigas

### Teuthida

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Ommastrephidae

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

### Octopoda

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Octopodidae

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

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## See also

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* List of non-marine molluscs of Chile
* Wildlife of Chile

## References

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* (in Spanish) List of Chilean molluscs

## Further reading

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