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

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)

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

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