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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Concholepas
Species:	C. concholepas
Binomial name
Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)
Subspecies
Concholepas concholepas fernandezianus
Range of C. concholepas
Synonyms[1]
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 or Peruvian tolina, 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 (a Chilean Spanish loanword from Mapudungun^[2]), pata de burro, tolina, or chanque (Peruvian Spanish).

Due to overfishing, the harvesting of this species in Chile has been limited by law since 1989.