Concholepas concholepas
| Concholepas concholepas | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Two live individuals of Concholepas concholepas; the one on the left has been turned over to show the underside of the large muscular foot | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Concholepas |
| Species: | C. concholepas |
| Binomial name | |
|
Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789) |
|
| Subspecies | |
|
C. concholepas fernandezianus |
|
 |
|
| Range of C. concholepas | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Buccinum concholepas Bruguière, 1789 (basionym) |
|
C. concholepas fernandezianus
Buccinum concholepas Bruguière, 1789 (basionym)
Concholepas decipiens Mabille, 1886
Concholepas densestriatus Mabille, 1886
Concholepas granosus Mabille, 1886
Concholepas imbricatus Valenciennes, 1832
Concholepas laevigatus Valenciennes, 1832
Concholepas minor Mabille, 1886
Concholepas oblongus Reeve, 1863
Concholepas patagonicus Mabille, 1886
Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, 1801
Concholepas rhombicus Mabille, 1886
Concholepas similis Mabille, 1886
Concholepas splendens Mabille, 1886
Concholepas verucundus Mabille, 1886
Murex locus Molina, 1792
Patella lepas Gmelin, 1791
Purpura loca d'Orbigny, 1846
Purpura pileopsis Blainville, 1832
Concholepas concholepas, the Chilean abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, C. concholepas is not a true abalone (a species in the family Haliotidae), but a member of the family Muricidae, also known as murex snails or rock snails. This species is native to the coasts of Chile and Peru, where it is called loco (Chilean Spanish a loanword from Mapuche) or pata de burro and chanque (Peruvian Spanish).
Due to overfishing, the harvesting of this species in Chile has been limited by law since 1989.
The blue blood of this species contains hemocyanin, which is being investigated as a treatment for bladder and prostate cancer.
...
Wikipedia