page_title: List of marine molluscs of Venezuela
section_title: Class Polyplacophora
hierarchical_section_title: List of marine molluscs of Venezuela / Class Polyplacophora
caption_attribution_description: Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791) English: A chiton on a rock at a medium high tidal level in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, W.I. length about 5&#160;cm. Français&#160;: Acanthopleura granulata, un chiton, sur une pierre, dans une flaque de marée du Gosier, en Guadeloupe. Longueur&#160;: 5&#160;cm environ.
context_page_description: The marine molluscs of Venezuela are a part of the molluscan fauna of Venezuela. The marine molluscs are the snails, clams and mussels, chitons, octopuses, squid and cuttlefish; that live in marine and estuarine habitats. The freshwater and land molluscs are not included in this list.
  This is a partial list of the marine molluscs of Venezuela. The families are listed alphabetically within the classes.
context_section_description: Acanthochitonidae 
  Acanthochitona andersoni Wattere, 1981
  Acanthochitona belesae Abbott, 1954
  Acanthochitona pygmea (Pilsbry, 1893)
  Acanthochitona rhodea (Pilsbry, 1893)
  Acanthochitona venezuelana Lyons, 1988
  Callistoplacidae 
  Callistochiton portobelensis Ferreira 1976
  Ceratozona squalida (C.B. Adams, 1845)
  Chaetopleuridae 
  Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1834)
  Chaetopleura janeirensis (Gray, 1828)
  Lepidochitona liozonis (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
  Chitonidae 
  Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  Chiton marmoratus Gmelin, 1791
  Chiton squamosus Linnaeus, 1764
  Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758
  Ischnochitonidae 
  Ischnochiton hartmeyeri Thiele, 1916
  Ischnochiton papillosus (C.B. Adams, 1845)
  Ischnochiton striolatus (Gray, 1829)
  Stenoplax boogii (C.B. Adams, 1845)
  Stenoplax purpuracens (Haddon, 1886)
caption: Acanthopleura granulata
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