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