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.
Gastropods[]
List of marine gastropods:
Haliotidae
- Haliotis aurantium
- Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822)
Turbinellidae (complete)[1]
- Vasum cassiforme (Kiener, 1841)
- Turbinella laevigata Anton, 1839
- Fulgurofusus sarissophorus (Watson, 1882)
- Fulgurofusus ecphoroides Harasewych, 1983
- (Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978)
- Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Eustrombus goliath (Schröter, 1805) - endemic to Brazil
- Strombus pugilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tricornis raninus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Bivalvia[]
Species of bivalves include:[3]
- Family Anomiidae
- Family Arcidae
- Family Donacidae
Iphigenia brasiliensis
- Family Glycymerididae
- Glycymeris longior
- Glycymeris pectinata
- Family Limopsidae
- Family Ostreidae
- Family Pectinidae
- Family Philobryidae
- Family Propeamussiidae
- (Forbes, 1844)
- Family Semelidae
- Family Tellinidae
- Tellina listeri
- Tellina punicea
- Macoma constricta
- Family Veneridae
- Anomalocardia brasiliana
- Chione cancellata
- Chione paphia
- Dosinia concentrica
- Pitar fulminatus
- Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
- Ventricolaria rigida
Polyplacophora[]
Species of polyplacophorans include:[3][4]
- Family Acanthochitonidae
- Family Chaetopleuridae
- Chaetopleura apiculata
- (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Family Ischnochitonidae
- (Haddon, 1886)
- Family Tonicellidae
- Kaas, 1972
See also[]
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
References[]
- ^ Matthews-Cascon H., Rocha-Barreira C. de A., Meirelles C., Bigatti G. & Penchaszadeh P. (March–April) 2009. Description of the Ootheca of Turbinella laevigata (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 52(2): 359–364.
- ^ http://www.conchasbrasil.org.br/english/conchology/especies.asp?family=STROMBIDAE accessed 20 September 2009
- ^ a b Amaral, A. C. Z.; Rizzo, A. E.; Arruda, E. P. (2005). "Classe Polyplacophora". Manual de Identificação dos Invertebrados Marinhos da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil (in Portuguese). Vol. 1. São Paulo: EDUSP. p. 288. ISBN 85-314-0894-6.
- ^ "Conquiliologistas do Brasil" (in Portuguese). 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
External links[]
- (in English)—ConchasBrasil.org: Brazilian species of molluscs
Categories:
- Molluscs of Brazil
- Lists of fauna of Brazil
- Lists of molluscs by country
- Molluscs of South America
- Lists of molluscs of South America