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

Outer and inner views of a shell of Umbraculum plicatulum

Map showing the location of Venezuela

Gastropoda

Marine gastropods

Buccinidae

• Babylonia aerolata (Link, 1807)^[1][2]

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)^[2][3]
• Fusinus marmoratus (Phillipi, 1844)^[2][4]

Modulidae

• Modulus cerodes (A. Adams, 1851)^[2][4]

Turbinellidae

• Vasum ceramicum (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2][4]

Umbraculidae

• Umbraculum plicatulum (Von Martens, 1881)^[2][4]

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

• Pomacea bridgesi (Reeve, 1856)^[5]
• Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819)^[5]

Planorbidae

• Planorbella duryi (Wetherby 1879)^[5]

Thiaridae

Two shells of Melanoides tuberculata

• Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)^[6][7][8][5]
• Thiara granifera (Lamarck, 1822)^[5][7][8][9]

Land gastropods

Achatinidae

A shell of Achatina fulica

• Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)^[5][10][11]

Arionidae

An active individual of Arion subfuscus

• Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)^[5][12][13]

Bradybaenidae

• Bradybaena similaris (Fèrussac, 1821)^[5]

Ferussaciidae

• Cecilioides acicula (Müller 1774)^[5]
• Cecilioides aperta (Swainson, 1840)^[5]

Helicidae

Two shells of Helix pomatia

• Cepaea Held, 1838^[5]
• Cornu aspersum = Helix aspersa (Müller, 1774)^[5]
• Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758^[5]
• Otala Schumacher, 1817^[5]
• Theba pisana (Müller, 1774)^[5]

Limacidae

• Agriolimax laevis (Müller, 1774)^[5][13]
• Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774)^[5][13]
• Lehmannia valenciana (Férussac, 1822) ^[5][13]
• Milax gagatex (Draparnaud)^[5][13]

A shell and a live individual of Subulina octona

Streptaxidae

• Gulella bicolor (Hutton, 1834)^[5]

Subulinidae

• Allopeas micra (d'Orbigny, 1835)^[5]
• Lamellaxis mauritianus (Pfeiffer, 1952)^[5]
• Opeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)^[5]
• Opeas pumilum (Pfeiffer, 1847)^[5]
• Opeas pyrgula Schmacker and Boettger, 1891^[5]
• Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1798)^[5]
• Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831)^[5]

Bivalvia

Marine bivalves

Arcidae

• Arca pacifica (Sowerby, 1833)^[2]

Donacidae

• Donax clathratus (Revee, 1854)^[2][14]

Mactridae

• Mactronella exoleta (Gray, 1837)^[2]
• Rangia mendica (Gold, 1851)^[2]

Mytilidae

A shell of Perna perna

Three shells of Perna viridis

• Gregariella corallophiga (Gmelin 1781)^[2][15]
• Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2][16]
• Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2][5][17]

Placunidae

• Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758^[2]

Pteriidae

A live individual of Pteria hirundo

• Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2][4]

Semelidae

• Cumingia lamellosa (Sowerby, 1833)^[2][4]

Tellinidae

• Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969^[2]

Teredinidae

• Lyodus pedicellatus (Quarterfages, 1849)^[2][18]
• Bankia carinata (Gray, 1827^[2][18]
• Bankia martensi Stempel 1899^[2][18]

Thraciidae

• Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803)^[2][4]

Veneridae

• Cincomphalus strigillinus (Dall, 1902)^[1][2]
• Clausinella gayi (Hupé, 1854)^[2][4]
• Clausinella fasciata (Da Costa, 1778)^[2][4]

Estuarine bivalves

Corbiculidae

Two shells of Corbicula fluminalis

• Corbicula fluminalis (Múller, 1774)^[5][19][20]

Mytilidae

One valve of Musculista senhousia

• Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)^[2][21]

See also

• 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