List of marine molluscs of Brazil

The list of marine molluscs of Brazil is a partial list of saltwater species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Brazil. This list does not include the land or freshwater molluscs. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi),[1] where most species listed herein can be found.

Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi)


Gastropoda

List of marine gastropods:

Heterobranchia

Family Acteonidae
Family Amathinidae
  • Iselica globosa (H. C. Lea, 1843)
Family Aplysiidae
Family Architectonicidae[2]
Shell of Pseudotorinia phorcysi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Apertural view of a shell of Solatisonax cabrali
  • Architectonica nobilis Röding, 1798
  • Heliacus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Heliacus bisulcatus (Orbigny, 1845)
  • Pseudotorinia architae (Costa, 1841)
  • Pseudotorinia phorcysi Cavallari, Salvador & Simone, 2014
  • Psilaxis clertoni Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
  • Psilaxis krebsii (Mörch, 1875)
  • Solatisonax cabrali Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
  • Solatisonax rudigerbieleri Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
  • Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
  • Spirolaxis lamellifer (Rehder, 1935)

Littorinimorpha

Family Barleeidae
  • Caelatura pernambucensis (Watson, 1885)
Family Calyptraeidae[3]
Family Littorinidae
A live specimen of Littoraria flava
Family Personidae
Family Strombidae
Five views of a shell of Strombus pugilis

Neogastropoda

Family Ancillariidae
Five views of a shell of Eburna lienardii
Family Bursidae
Family Cancellariidae
Family Cassidae
Five views of a shell of Cypraecassis testiculus
Family Marginellidae[4]
  • Bullata analuciae de Souza & Coovert, 2001
  • Bullata bullata (Born, 1778)
  • Bullata guerrinii de Souza & Coovert, 2001
  • Bullata largillieri (Kiener, 1834)
  • Bullata lilacina (Sowerby II, 1846)
  • Bullata mathewsi (van Mol & Tursch, 1967)
  • Eratoidea scalaris (Jousseaume, 1875)
  • Leptegouana tripartita (Cossignani, 2006)
  • Prunum fulminatum (Kiener, 1841)
  • Prunum rubens (Martens, 1881)
  • Volvarina brasiliana Boyer, 2000
Family Melongenidae[5]
Family Muricidae
Family Pisaniidae
Shell of Anna capixaba (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Family Tonnidae
Five views of a shell of Tonna galea
Family Turbinellidae[6]
Two views of a shell of the helmet vase Vasum cassiforme

Unassigned Caenogastropoda

Family Abyssochrysidae
Family Cerithiidae[7]
Family Litiopidae[7]
Family Modulidae[7]
Family Nystiellidae[8]
  • Opaliopsis atlantis (Clench & Turner, 1952)
  • Opaliopsis cearense Andrade, Costa & Pimenta, 2011
  • Opaliopsis opalina (Dall, 1927)
Family Planaxidae[7]
Family Triphoridae[9]
  • Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
  • Metaxia taeniolata (Dall, 1889)
  • Metaxia rugulosa (C.B. Adams, 1850)
  • Metaxia prompta Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
  • Metaxia gongyloskymnus Fernandes & Pimenta, 2011

Vetigastropoda

Family Areneidae[3][10]
Family Calliostomatidae[11][12][13][3]
Family Chilodontidae[3]
Family Colloniidae[13][3]
Family Fissurellidae
Family Haliotidae
Family Margaritidae[13][3]
Family Phasianellidae[3]
Family Seguenziidae[14][3]
Family Solariellidae[13][3]
Family Tegulidae[3][15]
Family Trochidae[3]

Bivalvia

Species of bivalves include:[16]

Family Anomiidae
Family Arcidae
Family Donacidae
Iphigenia brasiliensis
Family Glycymerididae
Family Limopsidae
  • Limopsis aurita
  • Limopsis minuta
  • Limopsis davinae
Family Ostreidae
  • Ostrea puelchana
Family Pectinidae
Family Philobryidae
  • Cosa brasiliensis
Family Propeamussiidae
  • Parvamussium pourtalesianum
  • Cyclopecten nanus
  • Cyclopecten hoskynsi (Forbes, 1844)
Family Semelidae
  • Abra brasiliana
  • Semele casali
  • Semele nuculoides
  • Semele proficua
  • Semele purpurascens
Family Tellinidae
  • Tellina iheringi
  • Tellina listeri
  • Tellina martinicensis
  • Tellina punicea
  • Tellina lineata
  • Tellina trinitatis
  • Tellina nitens
  • Tellina versicolor
  • Tellina exerythra
  • Tellina gibber
  • Tellina diantha
  • Tellina sandix
  • Macoma constricta
  • Macoma cleryana
  • Macoma uruguayensis
Family Veneridae

Polyplacophora

Species of polyplacophorans include:[16][17]

Family Acanthochitonidae
  • Acanthochitona ciroi
  • Acanthochitona pygmaea
  • Acanthochitona rhodeus
Family Chaetopleuridae
  • Chaetopleura angulata
  • Chaetopleura apiculata
  • Chaetopleura asperrima
  • Chaetopleura isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Chaetopleura sowerbiana
  • Chaetopleura janeirensis
  • Connexochiton moreirai
Family Ischnochitonidae
  • Ischnochiton aidae
  • Ischnochiton dorsuosus
  • Ischnochiton edwini
  • Ischnochiton erythronotus
  • Ischnochiton hartmeyeri
  • Ischnochiton lopesi
  • Ischnochiton marcusi
  • Ischnochiton pectinatus
  • Ischnochiton striolatus
  • Stenoplax boogii (Haddon, 1886)
  • Stenoplax kempfi
  • Stenoplax purpurascens
Family Tonicellidae
  • Lepidochitona rosea Kaas, 1972

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

  • List of marine molluscs of French Guiana
  • List of marine molluscs of Uruguay

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