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) Ojasti, Juhani., Gonzalez Jimenez, Eduardo, Szeplaki Otahola, Eduardo. y Garcia Roman, Luis B. 2001: Informe sobre las especies exotica en Venezuela. Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Caracas. 207p.
Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819)
Planorbidae
Planorbella duryi (Wetherby 1879)
Thiaridae
Melanoides tuberculata (Muller, 1774)
Thiara granifera (Lamarck, 1822)
Land gastropods
Achatinidae
Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
Arionidae
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)
Bradybaenidae
Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac, 1821)
Ferussaciidae
Cecilioides acicula (Muller 1774)
Cecilioides aperta (Swainson, 1840)
Helicidae
Cepaea Held, 1838
Helix aspersa (Muller, 1774)
Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758
Otala Schumacher, 1817
Theba pisana (Muller, 1774)
Limacidae
Agriolimax laevis (Muller, 1774)
Agriolimax reticulatus (Muller, 1774)
Lehmannia valenciana (Ferussac, 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 (Bruguiere, 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)
Telinidae
Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969
Terebridae
Lyodus pedicellatus (Quarterfages, 1849)
Bankia carinata (Gray, 1827
Bankia martensi Stempel 1899
Thraciidae
Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803)
Veneridae
Cincomphalus strigillinus (Dall, 1902)
Clausinella gayi (Hupe, 1854)
Clausinella fasciata (Da Costa, 1778)
Estuarine bivalves
Corbiculidae
Corbicula fluminalis (Muller, 1774)
Mytilidae
Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)
References
Other websites
Estudio sobre el estado actual de las Especies Exoticas. Juhani. Ojasti. Obra suministrada por la Secretaria General de la Comunidad Andina. 2001
Perez, Julio E., Alfonsi, Carmen., Salazar, Sinatra K., Macsotay, Oliver., Barrios, Jorge. & Martinez Escarbassiere, Rafael. 2007: Especies marinas exoticas y criptogenicas en las costas de Venezuela. Boletin del Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela. 46 (1): 79-96.
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