List of marine molluscs of South Africa

See List of marine gastropods of South Africa ==Bivalvia==

Bivalves in South Africa include: Nuculidae • Nucula nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 • Ribbed mussel Aulacomya ater (Namibia to Eastern Cape) • Brack-water mussel Brachidontes virgiliae (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) • Semistriated mussel Brachidontes semistriatus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) • Black mussel Choromytilus meridionalis (Namibia to Tsitsikamma) • Half-hairy mussel Gregariella petagnae (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) • Ear mussel Modiolus auriculatus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) • Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Orange river to Eastern Cape) • Brown mussel Perna perna (Cape Point to Mozambique) • Ledge mussel Septifer bilocularis (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) Arcidae – Ark clams • Arca avellana Lamarck, 1819 (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) • Arca navicularis Brughiere, 1789 • Arca tortuosa Linnaeus 1758 • Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779) syn. Arca helblingi • Oblique ark shell Barbatia obliquata (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) Noetiidae • Striarca symmetrica (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) Pinnidae – Pen shells • Horse mussel Atrina squamifera (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) • Pinna muricata (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) Gryphaeidae • Hyotissa numisma (Transkei to Mozambique) Ostreidae – True oysters • Weed oyster Ostrea algoensis Sowerby, 1871 • Ostrea atherstonei (Saldanha Bay to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) • Natal rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) (syn. Crassostrea cuccullata) • Cape rock oyster Striostrea margaritacea (Cape Point to Mozambique) Anomiidae – Saddle oysters • Saddle oyster Anomia achaeus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) Gryphaeidae – Honeycomb oysters • Hyotissa numisma Pteriidae – Pearl oysters • Cape pearl oyster Pinctada capensis (Cape Agulhas to Mozambique) Pectinidae – Scallops • Dwarf fan shell Chlamys tincta (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) • Scallop Pecten sulcicostatus (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) Limidae – File shells • File shell Limaria tuberculata (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) Cardiidae – Cockles • Cockle Trachycardium flavum (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) • Trachycardium rubicundum (Eastern Transkei to Mozambique) Tridacnidae – Giant clams • Giant clam Tridacna squamosa (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) • Tridacna maxima (Zululand) Mactridae – Trough shells • Otter shell Lutraria lutraria (Namibia to Eastern Cape) • Smooth trough shell Mactra glabrata (Cape Columbine to Mozambique) • Angular surf clam Scissodesma spengleri (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) Carditidae • Rectangular false cockle Cardita variegata (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) • Dead man's hands Thecalia concamerata (Port Nolloth to Transkei) Condylocardiidae • Rough false cockle Carditella rugosa (Mossel Bay to central KwaZulu-Natal) • Carditella capensis (West coast) Solenidae • Pencil bait Solen capensis (Namaqualand to Eastern Cape) • Solen cylindraceus (Transkei to Mozambique) Lucinidae • Smooth platter shell Loripes clausus Philippi 1848 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) Unionidae • Toothless platter shell Anodontia edentula Linnaeus 1758 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) Lasaeidae • Dwarf rusty clam Lasaea adansoni turtoni (Cape Point to Mozambique) Gmelin 1791 • Tellimya trigona (West coast) Tellinidae • Ridged tellin Gastrana matadoa (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) • Littoral tellin Macoma litoralis (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) • Port Alfred tellin Tellina alfredensis Linnaeus 1758 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) • Tellina capsoides (Durban to Mozambique) • Gilchrist's tellin Tellina gilchristi (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) • Tellina trilatera (Orange river to Transkei) Teredinidae • Shipworm Bankia carinata (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) Donacidae – Wedge shells • Donax bipartitus (East London to Mozambique) • Round ended wedge shell Donax burnupi (Cape Point to Mozambique) • Slippery wedge shell Donax lubricus (Port Alfred to Mozambique) • Ridged wedge shell Donax madagscariensis (Transkei to Mozambique) • White mussel or Wedge shell Donax serra (Namibia to Transkei) • Donax sordidus (Cape Point to Transkei) Psammobiidae – Sunset clams • Sunset clam Hiatula lunulata (Transkei to Mozambique) • Sand tellin Psammotellina capensis (Cape Agulhas to Transkei) Veneridae – Venus shells • Heart clam Dosinia lupinus orbignyi (Namibia to Eastern Cape) • Dosinia hepatica (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) • Beaked clam Eumarcia paupercula (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) • Ribbed venus Gafrarium pectinatum alfredense (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) • Zigzag clam Pitar abbreviatus (Cape Point to Mozambique) • Mottled venus Sunetta contempta bruggeni? (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) • Streaked sand clam Tivela compressa (Cape Point to Eastern Cape) • Tivela polita (Transkei to Mozambique) • Corrugated venus Venerupis corrugatus (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) • Warty venus Venus verrucosa (Namibia to Mozambique) ==Polyplacophora==

'' Chitons (Polyplacophora) in South Africa include: Ischnochitonidae • Textile chiton Ischnochiton textilis (Gray, 1828) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) • Black chiton Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848) (Cape Point to Mozambique) Acanthochitona • Spiny chiton Acanthochitona garnoti de Blainville, 1825 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) • Craspedochiton producta Phil Chaetopleuridae • Giant chiton or Armadillo Dinoplax gigas Gmelin, 1791 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) • Dinoplax validifossus Ashby (Northern Transkei to Kwazulu-Natal) • Hairy chiton Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) papilio (Spengler, 1797) (Namibia to Cape Point) • Orange hairy chiton Chaetopleura (Chaetopleura) pertusa (Reeve, 1847) (Cape Columbine to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ==Cephalopoda==

Cephalopods in South Africa include: ;Octopoda – Octopus '' Octopodidae • Common octopus Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) • Giant octopus Octopus magnificus Villanueva et al., 1992 (syn. Enteroctopus magnificus) • Brush tipped octopus Aphrodoctopus schultzei Hoyle, 1910 (Cape Columbine to Cape Point) (syn. Eledone thysanophora) Argonautidae '' • Paper nautilus Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) ;Teuthida – Squid Loliginidae • Indian Ocean squid Loligo duvauceli Orbigny, 1848 (Port Alfred to Mozambique) • Chokka or Calimari Loligo vulgaris reynaudi (Orbigny, 1845) (Orange river to Eastern Cape) (syn. Loligo reynaudi Orbigny, 1845) • Diamond squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857 ;Sepiolida – Bobtail squid • Unidentified species (Cape Peninsula, both sides) ;Sepiida – Cuttlefish Sepiidae • Sepia papillata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 • Beautiful cuttlefish Sepia (Hemisepius) pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985 • Sepia simoniana Thiele, 1920 • Tuberculate cuttlefish Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798 (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) • Common cuttlefish Sepia vermiculata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 (Orange river to Mozambique) ;Spirulida – Ram's horn squid Spirulidae • Ram's horn shell Spirula spirula Linnaeus 1758 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) ==Scaphopoda==

Tusk shells (Scaphopoda) in South Africa include: Dentaliidae • Dentalium regulare E.A. Smith, 1903 (Jeffreys Bay to Durban) • Antalis longirostrum (Reeve, 1843) (Indo-Pacific to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) Gadilidae • Siphonodentalium booceras (Tomlin, 1926) • Cadulus spp. Three other species known here, all inhabiting deep water ==See also==