# 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 (4,655mi), where most species listed herein can be found.

## Gastropoda

List of marine gastropods:

### Heterobranchia
#### Family Acteonidae

* Acteon mirim C. Cunha, 2011
* Acteon pelecais Ev. Marcus, 1972
* Crenilabium birmani Simone, 2006
* Mysouffa cumingii (A.Adams, 1854)

#### Family Amathinidae

* Iselica globosa (H. C. Lea, 1843)

#### Family Aplysiidae

* Aplysia brasiliana Rang, 1828
* Aplysia dactylomela (Rang, 1828)
* Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
* Aplysia juliana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

#### Family Architectonicidae

* 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

* Bostrycapulus odites Collin, 2005
* Calyptraea centralis (Conrad, 1841)
* Crepidula carioca Simone, 2006
* Crepidula intratesta Simone, 2006
* Crepidula protea d'Orbigny, 1841
* Crepidula pyguaya Simone, 2006

#### Family Littorinidae

* Echinolittorina lineolata (d'Orbigny, 1840)
* Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822)
* Littoraria flava (King & Broderip, 1832)

#### Family Personidae

* Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816)
* Distorsio perdistorta Fulton, 1938

#### Family Strombidae

* Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Strombus pugilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Titanostrombus goliath (Schröter, 1805) - endemic to Brazil
* Tricornis raninus (Gmelin, 1791)

### Neogastropoda
#### Family Ancillariidae

* Amalda josecarlosi Pastorino, 2003
* Ancilla faustoi H. R. Matthews, H. C. Matthews & Muniz Dijck, 1979
* Ancilla matthewsi J. Q. Burch & R. L. Burch, 1967
* Eburna lienardii (Bernardi, 1859)

#### Family Bursidae

* Bursa corrugata (G. Perry, 1811)
* Bursa natalensis Coelho & Matthews, 1970
* Bursa grayana Dunker, 1862
* Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798)
* Bursa ranelloides Reeve, 1844
* Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792)

#### Family Cancellariidae

* Microcancilla brasiliensis (Verhecken, 1991)
* Microcancilla phoenix Souza, Pimenta & Miyaji, 2021

#### Family Cassidae

* Casmaria atlantica Clench, 1944
* Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)
* Semicassis labiata (Carcelles, 1953)

#### Family Marginellidae

* 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

* Pugilina tupiniquim Abbate & Simone, 2015

#### Family Muricidae

* Chicoreus brevifrons (Lamarck, 1822)
* Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846)
* Coronium coronatum (Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978)
* Coronium elegans Simone, 1996
* Coronium oblongum Simone, 1996
* Dermomurex oxum Petuch, 1979
* Leptotrophon atlanticus Pimenta, Couto & Costa, 2008
* Phyllonotus oculatus Reeve, 1845
* Pterynotus havanensis Vokes, 1970
* Stramonita brasiliensis Claremont & D. G. Reid, 2011
* Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822)
* Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791)

#### Family Pisaniidae

* Anna capixaba Coltro & Dornellas, 2013
* Engina goncalvesi Coltro, 2005
* Engina janowskyi Coltro, 2005
* Gemophos auritulus (Link, 1807)
* Hesperisternia karinae (Usticke, 1953)
* Monostiolum atlanticum (Coelho, Matthews & Cardoso, 1970)
* Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Family Tonnidae

* Malea noronhensis Kempf & Matthews, 1969
* Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Tonna pennata (Morch, 1853)

#### Family Turbinellidae

* Vasum cassiforme (Kiener, 1841)
* Turbinella laevigata Anton, 1839
* Fulgurofusus sarissophorus (Watson, 1882)
* Fulgurofusus ecphoroides Harasewych, 1983
* Fugurofusus coronatus (Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978)

### Unassigned Caenogastropoda
#### Family Abyssochrysidae

* Abyssochrysos brasilianus Bouchet, 1991

#### Family Cerithiidae

* Bayericerithium bayeri Petuch, 2001
* Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)
* Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)

#### Family Litiopidae

* Alaba incerta (d'Orbigny, 1841)
* Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829

#### Family Modulidae

* Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

#### Family Nystiellidae

* Opaliopsis atlantis (Clench & Turner, 1952)
* Opaliopsis cearense Andrade, Costa & Pimenta, 2011
* Opaliopsis opalina (Dall, 1927)

#### Family Planaxidae

* Angiola lineata (Costa, 1778)
* Fossarus orbignyi Fischer, 1864

#### Family Triphoridae

* 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

* Arene bairdii (Dall, 1889)
* Arene boucheti Leal, 1991
* Arene brasiliana (Dall, 1927)
* Arene flexispina Leal & Coelho, 1985
* Arene lychee Cavallari & Simone, 2018
* Arene microforis (Dall, 1889)
* Arene riisei Rehder, 1943
* Arene variabilis (Dall, 1889)
* Arene venusta (Woodring, 1929)

#### Family Calliostomatidae

* Calliostoma axelolssoni Quinn, 1992
* Calliostoma brunneopictum Quinn, 1992
* Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960
* Calliostoma caribbechinatum Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
* Calliostoma carcellesi Clench & Aguayo, 1940
* Calliostoma coppingeri (Smith, 1880)
* Calliostoma depictum Dall, 1927
* Calliostoma gemmosum (Reeve, 1842)
* Calliostoma hassler Clench & Aguayo, 1939
* Calliostoma javanicum (Lamarck, 1822)
* Calliostoma jucundum (Gould, 1849)
* Calliostoma melliferum Cavallari & Simone, 2018 - endemic to Brazil
* Calliostoma militare Ihering, 1907
* Calliostoma moscatelli Quinn, 1992
* Calliostoma nordenskjoldi Strebel, 1908
* Calliostoma rude Quinn, 1992
* Calliostoma tupinamba Dornellas, 2012 - endemic to Brazil
* Calliostoma valkuri Cavallari, Salvador, Dornellas & Simone, 2019
* Calliostoma viscardii Quinn, 1992
* Calliostoma rota Quinn, 1992
* Calliostoma tenebrosum Quinn, 1992
* Falsimargarita terespira Simone, 2008

#### Family Chilodontidae

* Mirachelus clinocnemus Quinn, 1979

#### Family Colloniidae

* Homalopoma boffii Marini, 1975 - endemic to Brazil
* Homalopoma linnei (Dall, 1889)

#### Family Fissurellidae

* Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822)

#### Family Haliotidae

* Haliotis aurantium Simone, 1998

#### Family Margaritidae

* Callogaza watsoni Dall, 1881
* Gaza compta Simone & Cunha, 2006
* Margarites imperialis Simone & Birman, 2006

#### Family Phasianellidae

* Eulithidium affine (C.B. Adams, 1850)

#### Family Seguenziidae

* Ancistrobasis costulata (Watson, 1879)
* Carenzia carinata (Jeffreys, 1877)
* Carenzia trispinosa (Watson, 1879)
* Hadroconus altus (Watson, 1879)
* Halystina umberlee Salvador, Cavallari & Simone, 2014
* Seguenzia elegans Jeffreys, 1885
* Seguenzia formosa Jeffreys, 1876
* Seguenzia triteia Salvador, Cavallari & Simone, 2014

#### Family Solariellidae

* Bathymophila euspira (Dall, 1881)
* Lamellitrochus cancapae (Vilvens & Swinnen, 2007)
* Lamellitrochus carinatus Quinn, 1991
* Lamellitrochus pourtalesi (Clench & Aguayo, 1939)
* Solariella carvalhoi Lopes & Cardoso, 1958
* Solariella quinni Barros & Pereira in Barros et al., 2008
* Suavotrochus lubricus (Dall, 1881)

#### Family Tegulidae

* Agathistoma nordestinum Dornellas, Gabroski, Hellberg & Lotufo, 2022 - endemic to Brazil
* Agathistoma hotessierianum (d'Orbigny, 1842)
* Agathistoma patagonicum (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* Agathistoma viridulum (Gmelin, 1791)

#### Family Trochidae

* Halistylus columna (Dall, 1890)

## Bivalvia

Species of bivalves include:

### Family Anomiidae

* Pododesmus rudis

### Family Arcidae

* Anadara brasiliana
* Anadara chemnitzii
* Bathyarca pectunculoides
* Lunarca ovalis

### Family Donacidae

* Donax gemmula
* Donax hanleyanus
* Iphigenia brasiliana

### Family Glycymerididae

* Glycymeris longior
* Glycymeris pectinata

### Family Limopsidae

* Limopsis aurita
* Limopsis minuta
* Limopsis davinae

### Family Ostreidae

* Ostrea puelchana

### Family Pectinidae

* Aequipecten tehuelchus
* Euvola ziczac
* Leptopecten bavayi

### 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

* Amiantis purpuratus
* Anomalocardia brasiliana
* Callista maculata
* Chione cancellata
* Chione paphia
* Chione pubera
* Chione subrostrata
* Cyclinella tenuis
* Dosinia concentrica
* Gouldia cerina
* Pitar fulminatus
* Pitar rostratus
* Protothaca pectorina
* Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
* Transenpitar americana
* Ventricolaria rigida

## Polyplacophora

Species of polyplacophorans include:

### 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