List of marine molluscs of Brazil explained

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.

Gastropoda

List of marine gastropods:

Heterobranchia

Family Acteonidae
Family Amathinidae
Family Aplysiidae
Family Architectonicidae[2]

Littorinimorpha

Family Barleeidae
Family Calyptraeidae
Family Littorinidae
Family Personidae
Family Strombidae

Neogastropoda

Family Ancillariidae
Family Bursidae
Family Cancellariidae
Family Cassidae
Family Marginellidae[3]
Family Melongenidae[4]
Family Muricidae
Family Pisaniidae
Family Tonnidae
Family Turbinellidae[5]

Unassigned Caenogastropoda

Family Abyssochrysidae
Family Cerithiidae[6]
Family Litiopidae[6]
Family Modulidae[6]
Family Nystiellidae[7]
Family Planaxidae[6]
Family Triphoridae[8]

Vetigastropoda

Family Areneidae[9] [10]
Family Calliostomatidae[11] [12] [13] [9]
Family Chilodontidae[9]
Family Colloniidae[13] [9]
Family Fissurellidae
Family Haliotidae
Family Margaritidae[13] [9]
Family Phasianellidae[9]
Family Seguenziidae[14] [9]
Family Solariellidae[13] [9]
Family Tegulidae[9] [15]
Family Trochidae[9]

Bivalvia

Species of bivalves include:

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

Polyplacophora

Species of polyplacophorans include:[16] [17]

Family Acanthochitonidae
Family Chaetopleuridae
Family Ischnochitonidae
Family Tonicellidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geography of Brazil. . 1 May 2018. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Geography > Coastline. 4 May 2018.
  2. Cavallari . D.C. . Salvador . R.B. . Simone . L.R.L. . Taxonomical study on the Architectonicidae collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to SE Brazil (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) . Spixiana . 2014 . 37 . 1 . 35–43.
  3. Souza . P.J.S. Jr. . Simone . L.R.L. . Cladistic analysis of the family Marginellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) based on phenotypic features . Zootaxa . 2019 . 4648 . 2 . 201–240 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.1.
  4. Abbate. D.. Simone. L.R.L.. Review of Pugilina from the Atlantic, with description of a new species from Brazil (Neogastropoda, Melongenidae). African Invertebrates. 2015. 56. 3. 559–577. 10.5733/afin.056.0305 . 2015AfrIn..56..559A .
  5. 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.
  6. Cavallari . Daniel C. . Almeida . Sérgio M. . Simone . Luiz R.L. . Cerithiidae, Litiopidae, Modulidae and Planaxidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea) collected by the Marion Dufresne MD55 expedition in southeastern Brazil . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . 16 July 2020 . 60 . e20206035 . 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.35. free .
  7. Andrade . B.G. . Costa . P.M.S. . Pimenta . A.D. . 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 . November 2011 . 91 . 7 . 1561–1566 . 10.1017/S0025315411000026. 2011JMBUK..91.1561A .
  8. Fernandes . Maurício Romulo . Pimenta . Alexandre Dias . Taxonomic review of Metaxia (Gastropoda: Triphoridae) from Brazil, with description of a new species . Zoologia (Curitiba) . 2011 . 28 . 6 . 819–830 . 10.1590/S1984-46702011000600016. free .
  9. Book: Steiner . T.M. . Amaral . A.C.Z. . Borges . M. . Manual de identificação dos invertebrados marinhos da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil Volume 2 . 2021 . EDUSP . São Paulo, SP, Brasil . 978-65-5785-035-0 . Portuguese.
  10. Cavallari. D.C.. Simone. L.R.L.. A new species of Arene (Vetigastropoda, Areneidae) from Canopus Bank, off NE Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 2018. 58. e20185823. 10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.23. free.
  11. Dornellas . A.P. . Description of a new species of Calliostoma (Gastropoda, Calliostomatidae) from Southeastern Brazil . ZooKeys . 2012 . 224 . 89–106 . 10.3897/zookeys.224.3684. free . 23129991 . 3487647 . 2012ZooK..224...89D .
  12. Cavallari . Daniel C. . Simone . Luiz R.L. . A new species of Calliostoma (Vetigastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from Canopus Bank, off northeastern Brazil . Zootaxa . 2018 . 4457 . 1 . 156 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.8.
  13. Cavallari . Daniel C. . Salvador . Rodrigo B. . Dornellas . Ana P. S. . Simone . Luiz R. L. . 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 . 24 May 2019 . 4609 . 3 . 401 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.1.
  14. Salvador. R. B.. Cavallari. D. C.. Simone. L. R. L.. Seguenziidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from SE Brazil collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition. Zootaxa. 30 October 2014. 3878. 6. 536. 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.6.2. 25544464.
  15. Dornellas . A.P. . Graboski . R. . Hellberg . M.E. . Lotufo . T.M.C. . Phylogeography of Agathistoma (Turbinidae, Tegulinae) snails in tropical and southwestern Atlantic . Zoologica Scripta . 2022 . 51 . 1 . 76–90 . 10.1111/zsc.12517.
  16. Book: Amaral, A. C. Z. . Rizzo, A. E. . Arruda, E. P.. Manual de Identificação dos Invertebrados Marinhos da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil. EDUSP. São Paulo. 2005. 1. 288. Classe Polyplacophora. 85-314-0894-6. Portuguese.
  17. Web site: Conquiliologistas do Brasil. 2010. Portuguese. 15 March 2010.

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