List of molluscs recorded in Chile

This is a list of the mollusc species recorded in Chile.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:

Class: Bivalvia

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Order: Mytiloida

*Superfamily: Mytiloidea
**Family: Mytilidae
***Genus: Aulacomya
**** "Aulacomya ater" (local name "Cholga")
***Genus: Choromytilus
**** "Choromytilus chorus" (local name "Choro zapato")
***Genus: Mytilus
**** "Mytilus chilensis" (hupé, 1854) (local name "Chorito")
**** "Mytilus edulis" (local name "Choro")
***Genus: Perna
**** "Perna perna" (Linneaus, 1758) (local name "Navaja" or "Huepo")

Order: Veneroida

*Superfamily: Solenoidea
**Family: Solenidae
***Genus: Ensis
**** "Ensis macha" (Molina, 1782) (local name " Navajuela")
*Superfamily: Veneroidea
**Family: Veneridae
***Genus: Protothaca
**** "Protothaca thaca" (Molina, 1782) (local name: "Almeja")
**Family: Mesodesmatidae (Gray, 1839)
***Genus: Mesodesma
**** "Mesodesma donacium" (local name: "Macha")

Order: Ostreoida

*Superfamily: Pectinoidea
**Family: Pectinidae
***Genus: Chlamys
**** "Chlamys purpurata" (local name: "Ostión")
**** "Chlamys patagonica" (local name: "Ostión del sur" or "Ostión patagónico")
*Superfamily: Ostreoidea
**Family: "Ostreidae" (Rafinesque, 1815)
***Genus: "Crassostrea"
**** "Crassostrea gigas" (local name: "Ostra del Pacífico")
***Genus: "Ostrea"
**** "Ostrea chilensis" (local name: "Ostra chilena")

Class: Cephalopoda

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Order: Teuthida

*Suborder: Oegopsina
**Family: Ommastrephidae
***Genus: Dosidicus
**** "Dosidicus gigas" (D'Orbigny, 1835). Also known as "Humboldt squid".

Order: Octopoda

*Suborder: Incirrina
**Family: Octopodidae
***Genus: Enteroctopus
**** "Enteroctopus megalocyathus" (Gould, 1852)
***Genus: Octopus
**** "Octopus mimus"

Class: Gastropoda

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Order: Patellogastropoda

*Suborder: Patellina
**Family: Patellidae
***Genus: Cellana
**** "Cellana ardosioea" (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Order: Sorbeoconcha

*Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
**Family: Cypraeidae
***Genus: Cypraea
**** "Cypraea caputdraconis" (Melvill, 1888)
**** "Cypraea englerti" (Summers & Burgess, 1965)
**Family: Muricidae
***Genus: Chorus
**** "Chorus giganteus"
***Genus: Concholepas
**** Concholepas concholepas (also referred as "Chilean abalone". Local name: "Loco")
***Genus: Thais
**** "Thais chocolata" (Duclos, 1832) (local name: "Locate")
**** "Thais delessertiana" (D'Orbigny, 1841)
**** "Thais haemastoma" (Linneaus, 1758)
***Genus: Xanthochorus
**** "Xanthochorus buxeus"
**** "Xanthochorus cassidiformis"
**Family: Turbinellidae
***Genus: Columbarium
**** "Columbarium tomicici" (McLean & Andrade, 1982)

Class: Polyplacophora

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Order: Neoloricata

*Suborder: Ischnochitonina
**Family: Chitonidae
***Genus: Acanthopleura
**** "Acanthopleura echinata" (Barnes, 1824)
***Genus: Chiton
****"Chiton magnificus" (Deshayes, 1844)
**Family: Ischnochitonidae
***Genus: Chaetopleura
**** "Chaetopleura angulata" (Spengler, 1797)
**** "Chaetopleura benaventei"
**** "Chaetopleura peruviana"
***Genus: Ischnochiton
**** "Ischnochiton pusio" (Sowerby in Sow. & Brod, 1832)

ources

*es icon [http://www.moluscoschilenos.cl/ List of chilean molluscs]

ee also

*List of mammals in Chile