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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)[1][2]

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

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

Land gastropods

Achatinidae

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

Arionidae

• 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

• 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]
• Agriolimax reticulatus (Müller, 1774)[5][13]
• Lehmannia valenciana (Férussac, 1822) [5][13]
• Milax gagatex (Draparnaud)[5][13]

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

• 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

• 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

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

Mytilidae

• 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

References

External links

• Estudio sobre el estado actual de las Especies Exóticas. Juhani. Ojasti. Obra suministrada por la Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina. 2001
• Pérez, Julio E., Alfonsi, Carmen., Salazar, Sinatra K., Macsotay, Oliver., Barrios, Jorge. & Martínez Escarbassiere, Rafael. 2007: Especies marinas exóticas y criptogénicas en las costas de Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela. 46 (1): 79-96.

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