List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela facts for kids

Map showing the location of Venezuela

This is a list of 52 species of molluscs that have been introduced into Venezuela, that are living in the wild, and that have been reported in the literature.

• Marine gastropods: 7 species
• Freshwater gastropods: 5 species
• Land gastropods: 22 species
• Marine bivalves: 18 species
• Estuarine bivalves: 2 species
• Total number of introduced mollusc species: 52

Outer and inner views of a shell of Umbraculum plicatulum

Gastropoda

Marine gastropods

Buccinidae

• Babylonia aerolata (Link, 1807)

A live individual of Pomacea bridgesi

Five views of a shell of Pomacea canaliculata

Two views of a shell of Planorbella duryi

Fasciolariidae

• Fusinus barbarensis (Trask, 1855)
• Fusinus marmoratus (Phillipi, 1844)

Modulidae

• Modulus cerodes (A. Adams, 1851)

Turbinellidae

• Vasum ceramicum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Umbraculidae

• Umbraculum plicatulum (Von Martens, 1881)

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

• Pomacea bridgesi (Reeve, 1856)
• Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819)

Planorbidae

• Planorbella duryi (Wetherby 1879)

Thiaridae

Two shells of Melanoides tuberculata

• Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)
• Thiara granifera (Lamarck, 1822)

Land gastropods

Achatinidae

A shell of Achatina fulica

• Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)

Arionidae

An active individual of Arion subfuscus

• Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)

Bradybaenidae

• Bradybaena similaris (Fèrussac, 1821)

Ferussaciidae

• Cecilioides acicula (Müller 1774)
• Cecilioides aperta (Swainson, 1840)

Helicidae

Two shells of Helix pomatia

• Cepaea Held, 1838
• Cornu aspersum = Helix aspersa (Müller, 1774)
• Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758
• Otala Schumacher, 1817
• Theba pisana (Müller, 1774)

Limacidae

• Agriolimax laevis (Müller, 1774)
• Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774)
• Lehmannia valenciana (Férussac, 1822)
• Milax gagatex (Draparnaud)

A shell and a live individual of Subulina octona

Streptaxidae

• Gulella bicolor (Hutton, 1834)

Subulinidae

• Allopeas micra (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Lamellaxis mauritianus (Pfeiffer, 1952)
• Opeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)
• Opeas pumilum (Pfeiffer, 1847)
• Opeas pyrgula Schmacker and Boettger, 1891
• Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1798)
• Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831)

Bivalvia

Marine bivalves

Arcidae

• Arca pacifica (Sowerby, 1833)

Donacidae

• Donax clathratus (Revee, 1854)

Mactridae

• Mactronella exoleta (Gray, 1837)
• Rangia mendica (Gold, 1851)

Mytilidae

A shell of Perna perna

Three shells of Perna viridis

• Gregariella corallophiga (Gmelin 1781)
• Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Placunidae

• Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758

Pteriidae

A live individual of Pteria hirundo

• Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Semelidae

• Cumingia lamellosa (Sowerby, 1833)

Tellinidae

• Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969

Teredinidae

• Lyodus pedicellatus (Quarterfages, 1849)
• Bankia carinata (Gray, 1827
• Bankia martensi Stempel 1899

Thraciidae

• Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803)

Veneridae

• Cincomphalus strigillinus (Dall, 1902)
• Clausinella gayi (Hupé, 1854)
• Clausinella fasciata (Da Costa, 1778)

Estuarine bivalves

Corbiculidae

Two shells of Corbicula fluminalis

• Corbicula fluminalis (Múller, 1774)

Mytilidae

One valve of Musculista senhousia

• Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)

See also

In Spanish: Moluscos introducidos en Venezuela para niños

• List of echinoderms of Venezuela
• List of Poriferans of Venezuela
• List of marine molluscs of Venezuela
• List of molluscs of Falcón state, Venezuela
• List of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela
• List of non-marine molluscs of Venezuela
• List of birds of Venezuela
• List of mammals of Venezuela