List of marine molluscs of South Africa

Gastropoda

Bivalvia

• Nucula nucleus Linnaeus, 1758

• Estuarine mussel Arcuatula capensis
• Ribbed mussel Aulacomya ater
• Brack-water mussel Brachidontes virgiliae
• Semistriated mussel Brachidontes semistriatus
• Black mussel Choromytilus meridionalis
• Half-hairy mussel Gregariella petagnae
• Ear mussel Modiolus auriculatus
• Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis
• Brown mussel Perna perna
• Ledge mussel Septifer bilocularis

• Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819
• Arca navicularis Brughiere, 1789
• Arca tortuosa Linnaeus 1758
• Barbatia candida syn. Arca helblingi
• Oblique ark shell Barbatia obliquata

• Striarca symmetrica

• Horse mussel Atrina squamifera
• Pinna muricata

• Hyotissa numisma

• Weed oyster Ostrea algoensis Sowerby, 1871
• Ostrea atherstonei
• Natal rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata
• Cape rock oyster Striostrea margaritacea

• Saddle oyster Anomia achaeus

• Hyotissa numisma

• Cape pearl oyster Pinctada capensis

• Dwarf fan shell Chlamys tincta
• Scallop Pecten sulcicostatus

• File shell Limaria tuberculata

• Cockle Trachycardium flavum
• Trachycardium rubicundum

• Giant clam Tridacna squamosa
• Tridacna maxima

• Otter shell Lutraria lutraria
• Smooth trough shell Mactra glabrata
• Angular surf clam Scissodesma spengleri

• Rectangular false cockle Cardita variegata
• Dead man's hands Thecalia concamerata

• Rough false cockle Carditella rugosa
• Carditella capensis

• Pencil bait Solen capensis
• Solen cylindraceus

• Smooth platter shell Loripes clausus Philippi 1848

• Toothless platter shell Anodontia edentula Linnaeus 1758

• Dwarf rusty clam Lasaea adansoni turtoni Gmelin 1791
• Tellimya trigona

• Ridged tellin Gastrana matadoa
• Littoral tellin Macoma litoralis
• Port Alfred tellin Tellina alfredensis Linnaeus 1758
• Tellina capsoides
• Gilchrist's tellin Tellina gilchristi
• Tellina trilatera

• Shipworm Bankia carinata

• Donax bipartitus
• Round ended wedge shell Donax burnupi
• Slippery wedge shell Donax lubricus
• Ridged wedge shell Donax madagscariensis
• White mussel or Wedge shell Donax serra
• Donax sordidus

• Sunset clam Hiatula lunulata
• Sand tellin Psammotellina capensis

• Heart clam Dosinia lupinus orbignyi
• Dosinia hepatica
• Beaked clam Eumarcia paupercula
• Ribbed venus Gafrarium pectinatum alfredense
• Zigzag clam Pitar abbreviatus
• Mottled venus Sunetta contempta bruggeni?
• Streaked sand clam Tivela compressa
• Tivela polita
• Corrugated venus Venerupis corrugatus
• Warty venus Venus verrucosa

  Polyplacophora

• Textile chiton Ischnochiton textilis
• Dwarf chiton Ischnochiton oniscus
• Ribbed scale chiton Ischnochiton bergoti
• Ischnochiton hewitti

• Tulip chiton Chiton politus Spengler, 1797 syn Chiton tulipa
• Brooding chiton Chiton nigrovirescens de Blainville, 1825
• Black chiton Onithochiton literatus

• Broad chiton Callochiton castaneus

• Spiny chiton Acanthochitona garnoti de Blainville, 1825
• Craspedochiton producta Phil

• Giant chiton or Armadillo Dinoplax gigas Gmelin, 1791
• Dinoplax validifossus Ashby
• Hairy chiton Chaetopleura papilio
• Orange hairy chiton Chaetopleura pertusa

  Cephalopoda

• Common octopus Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
• Giant octopus Octopus magnificus Villanueva et al., 1992
• Brush tipped octopus Aphrodoctopus schultzei Hoyle, 1910

• Paper nautilus Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758

• Indian Ocean squid Loligo duvauceli Orbigny, 1848
• Chokka or Calimari Loligo vulgaris reynaudi
• Diamond squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857

• Unidentified species

• Sepia papillata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
• Beautiful cuttlefish Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985
• Sepia simoniana Thiele, 1920
• Tuberculate cuttlefish Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798
• Common cuttlefish Sepia vermiculata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832

• Ram's horn shell Spirula spirula Linnaeus 1758

  Scaphopoda

• Dentalium regulare E.A. Smith, 1903
• Antalis longirostrum

• Cadulus booceras Tomlin, 1926
• Cadulus spp. Three other species known here, all inhabiting deep water