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

BuccinidaeBabylonia aerolata
FasciolariidaeFusinus barbarensis Fusinus marmoratus
ModulidaeModulus cerodes
TurbinellidaeVasum ceramicum
Umbraculidae
  • ''Umbraculum plicatulum''

Freshwater gastropods

AmpullariidaePomacea bridgesi col 2001"> Ojasti, Juhani., González Jiménez, Eduardo, Szeplaki Otahola, Eduardo. y García Román, Luis B. 2001: Informe sobre las especies exótica en Venezuela. Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Caracas. 207p. Pomacea canaliculata
PlanorbidaePlanorbella duryi
ThiaridaeMelanoides tuberculata

Land gastropods

AchatinidaeAchatina fulica
ArionidaeArion subfuscus
BradybaenidaeBradybaena similaris
FerussaciidaeCecilioides acicula Cecilioides aperta
HelicidaeCepaea Held, 1838
LimacidaeAgriolimax laevis Deroceras reticulatum Lehmannia valenciana Milax gagatex
StreptaxidaeGulella bicolor
SubulinidaeAllopeas micra Lamellaxis mauritianus Opeas gracile Opeas pumilum Opeas pyrgula Schmacker and Boettger, 1891Subulina octona

Bivalvia

Marine bivalves

ArcidaeArca pacifica
DonacidaeDonax clathratus
MactridaeMactronella exoleta Rangia mendica
MytilidaeGregariella corallophiga Perna perna Perna viridis
PlacunidaePlacuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758
PteriidaePteria hirundo
SemelidaeCumingia lamellosa
TellinidaeStrigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969
TeredinidaeLyodus pedicellatus Bankia carinata
VeneridaeCincomphalus strigillinus Clausinella gayi

Estuarine bivalves

CorbiculidaeCorbicula fluminalis
Mytilidae