page_title: List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela
section_title: Marine gastropods
hierarchical_section_title: List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela / Gastropoda / Marine gastropods
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Pomacea canaliculata, Ampullariidae, Riesenapfelschnecke; Durchmesser 8 cm; Herkunft: Aquarienschnecke. English: Pomacea canaliculata, Ampullariidae, Golden Apple Snail; Diameter 8 cm; native to tropical and subtropical South America, today widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, also kept in aquariums (the figured shell is from an aquarium); Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded. Français&#160;: Coquille de Pomacea canaliculata (Ampullariidae). L'espèce est originaire d’Amérique du Sud tropicale et est aujourd'hui présente dans l'ensemble des zones tropicales et subtropicales dans le monde. L'espèce est aussi élevée en aquarium, comme l'individu qui a donné cette coquille.
context_page_description: 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
context_section_description: 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)
caption: Five views of a shell of Pomacea canaliculata
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