MALACOTECA Malacoteca of Species from the Tropical Ocean of Peru Authors: Manuel Gorriti Manchego y Víctor E. Falcón Huayta Introduction Gathering ambit Species collected Importance for precolonial Andean societies Acknowledgements The authors express their gratitude to Denise Pozzi-Escot B., without whose intervention it would not have been possible to realize the expedition to the north coast of the country. Also, for his advice, to the biologist Valentín Mogollón of the National University Federico Villarreal. Finally, to Roxana Paucar Manzanilla for her help in collecting shells to form the malacoteca of this National Museum.