List of introduced molluscs 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

Gastropoda

Marine gastropods

Buccinidae

  • Babylonia aerolata (Link, 1807)

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

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

Land gastropods

Achatinidae

  • Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)

Arionidae

  • Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)

Bradybaenidae

  • Bradybaena similaris (Fèrussac, 1821)

Ferussaciidae

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

Helicidae

  • 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)

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

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

Placunidae

  • Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758

Pteriidae

  • 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

  • Corbicula fluminalis (Múller, 1774)

Mytilidae

  • Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)

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