Molluscs Of Venezuela
Molluscs of Venezuela may refer to: *List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela *List of molluscs of Falcón State, Venezuela *List of marine molluscs of Venezuela * List of non-marine molluscs of Venezuela **List of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela This partial list of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela shows that El Hatillo Municipality has a rich mollusc fauna. The municipality is land-locked, therefore there are no saltwater molluscs. This list currently ...

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)Bitter, Ricardo S. y Martínez E. Rafael. 2001: Inventario de los moluscos marinos en las costas del estado Falcón, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 21(1):21-41.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): 79-96PDF Fasciolariidae * '' Fusinus barbarensis'' (Trask, 1855) * ''Fusinus marmoratus'' (Phillipi, 1844) Modu ...
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List Of Molluscs Of Falcón State, Venezuela
Falcón State is a state on the coast in the northwestern part of the country of Venezuela. Falcón State covers a total surface area of 24,800 km² and, in 2010, had an estimated population of 950,057. There are four national parks in the state: the Médanos de Coro National Park, the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, and Juan Crisóstomo Falcón National Park. A large number of species of terrestrial, freshwater and marine molluscs are found in the wild in Falcón State. However, most of the marine mollusks in the area are the same species that occur elsewhere in the Caribbean faunal zone. This is a partial list of the molluscs of Falcón State. The families are listed alphabetically within the classes. Whether the family is marine, terrestrial or freshwater is indicated after the name of the family, but there is no attempt to separate marine species from non-marine species. Class Gastropoda Achatinidae – terrestrial * ''Achatina fulica'' (Bowdick, 1822)Cat ...
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List Of Marine Molluscs Of Venezuela
The marine molluscs of Venezuela are a part of the molluscan fauna of Venezuela. The marine molluscs are the snails, clams and mussels, chitons, octopuses, squid and cuttlefish that live in marine and estuarine habitats. The freshwater and land molluscs are not included in this list. This is a partial list of the marine molluscs of Venezuela. The families are listed alphabetically within the classes. Statistics Class Polyplacophora Suborder Acanthochitonina Acanthochitonidae *'' Americhiton andersoni'' (Watters, 1981) *'' Americhiton balesae'' (Abbott, 1954) *'' Acanthochitona pygmaea'' (Pilsbry, 1893) *''Acanthochitona retrojecta'' (Pilsbry, 1893) *'' Acanthochitona venezuelana'' Lyons, 1988 Suborder Chitonina Chaetopleuridae *'' Chaetopleura apiculata'' (Say, 1834) *'' Lepidochitona liozonis'' ( Dall & Simpson, 1901) Chitonidae *''Acanthopleura granulata'' (Gmelin, 1791) *'' Chiton marmoratus'' Gmelin, 1791 *'' Chiton squamosus'' Linnaeus, 1764 *''Chiton tuberculatu ...
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Venezuela
The non-marine molluscs of Venezuela are a part of the molluscan fauna of Venezuela (which is part of the wildlife of Venezuela). Non-marine molluscs are the snails, clams and mussels that live in freshwater habitats, and the snails and slugs that live on land. Sea-dwelling molluscs are not included in this list. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Venezuela. Historical background Studies on the knowledge of the Venezuelan malacofauna begin in the nineteenth century with the work of German malacologist Eduard von Martens around 1873 who published the first list of the mollusks Venezuela. Three years later the German-Venezuelan Adolfo Ernst, taking as its starting point and extending Martens list, published a second list in 1876. Subsequent to these two pioneering nineteenth century works, only sporadic descriptions were published in foreign publications. It took about half a century for new listings of malacofauna of Venezuela to be published, th ...
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