List of marine molluscs of Brazil

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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[edit]

List of marine gastropods:

Heterobranchia[edit]

Family Acteonidae
Family Amathinidae
Family Aplysiidae
Family Architectonicidae[2]
Shell of Pseudotorinia phorcysi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Apertural view of a shell of Solatisonax cabrali

Littorinimorpha[edit]

Family Barleeidae
Family Calyptraeidae[3]
Family Littorinidae
A live specimen of Littoraria flava
Family Personidae
Family Strombidae
Five views of a shell of Strombus pugilis

Neogastropoda[edit]

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]
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[edit]

Family Abyssochrysidae
Family Cerithiidae[7]
Family Litiopidae[7]
Family Modulidae[7]
Family Nystiellidae[8]
Family Planaxidae[7]
Family Triphoridae[9]

Vetigastropoda[edit]

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[edit]

Species of bivalves include:[16]

Family Anomiidae
Family Arcidae
Family Donacidae
Iphigenia brasiliensis
Family Glycymerididae
Family Limopsidae
Family Ostreidae
Family Pectinidae
Family Philobryidae
Family Propeamussiidae
Family Semelidae
Family Tellinidae
Family Veneridae

Polyplacophora[edit]

Species of polyplacophorans include:[16][17]

Family Acanthochitonidae
Family Chaetopleuridae
Family Ischnochitonidae
Family Tonicellidae

See also[edit]

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Cavallari, D.C.; Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2014). "Taxonomical study on the Architectonicidae collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to SE Brazil (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Spixiana. 37 (1): 35–43.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Steiner, T.M.; Amaral, A.C.Z.; Borges, M. (2021). Manual de identificação dos invertebrados marinhos da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil Volume 2 (in Portuguese). São Paulo, SP, Brasil: EDUSP. ISBN 978-65-5785-035-0.
  4. ^ Souza, P.J.S. Jr.; Simone, L.R.L. (2019). "Cladistic analysis of the family Marginellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) based on phenotypic features". Zootaxa. 4648 (2): 201–240. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.1.
  5. ^ Abbate, D.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Review of Pugilina from the Atlantic, with description of a new species from Brazil (Neogastropoda, Melongenidae)". African Invertebrates. 56 (3): 559–577. Bibcode:2015AfrIn..56..559A. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0305.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c d Cavallari, Daniel C.; Almeida, Sérgio M.; Simone, Luiz R.L. (16 July 2020). "Cerithiidae, Litiopidae, Modulidae and Planaxidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea) collected by the Marion Dufresne MD55 expedition in southeastern Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 60: e20206035. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.35.
  8. ^ Andrade, B.G.; Costa, P.M.S.; Pimenta, A.D. (November 2011). "Taxonomic review of the genus Opaliopsis (Gastropoda: Nystiellidae) from Brazil, with description of a new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 91 (7): 1561–1566. Bibcode:2011JMBUK..91.1561A. doi:10.1017/S0025315411000026.
  9. ^ Fernandes, Maurício Romulo; Pimenta, Alexandre Dias (2011). "Taxonomic review of Metaxia (Gastropoda: Triphoridae) from Brazil, with description of a new species". Zoologia (Curitiba). 28 (6): 819–830. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702011000600016.
  10. ^ Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. (2018). "A new species of Arene (Vetigastropoda, Areneidae) from Canopus Bank, off NE Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 58: e20185823. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.23.
  11. ^ Dornellas, A.P. (2012). "Description of a new species of Calliostoma (Gastropoda, Calliostomatidae) from Southeastern Brazil". ZooKeys (224): 89–106. Bibcode:2012ZooK..224...89D. doi:10.3897/zookeys.224.3684. PMC 3487647. PMID 23129991.
  12. ^ Cavallari, Daniel C.; Simone, Luiz R.L. (2018). "A new species of Calliostoma (Vetigastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from Canopus Bank, off northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4457 (1): 156. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.8.
  13. ^ a b c d Cavallari, Daniel C.; Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Dornellas, Ana P. S.; Simone, Luiz R. L. (24 May 2019). "Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Margaritidae, and Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition in southeastern Brazil, with description of a new species of Calliostoma". Zootaxa. 4609 (3): 401. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.1.
  14. ^ Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C.; Simone, L. R. L. (30 October 2014). "Seguenziidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from SE Brazil collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition". Zootaxa. 3878 (6): 536. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3878.6.2. PMID 25544464.
  15. ^ Dornellas, A.P.; Graboski, R.; Hellberg, M.E.; Lotufo, T.M.C. (2022). "Phylogeography of Agathistoma (Turbinidae, Tegulinae) snails in tropical and southwestern Atlantic". Zoologica Scripta. 51 (1): 76–90. doi:10.1111/zsc.12517.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Conquiliologistas do Brasil" (in Portuguese). 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

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