List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela

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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.

Contents

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Outer and inner views of a shell of Umbraculum plicatulum

Gastropoda

Marine gastropods

Buccinidae

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A live individual of Pomacea bridgesi
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Five views of a shell of Pomacea canaliculata
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Two views of a shell of Planorbella duryi

Fasciolariidae

Modulidae

Turbinellidae

Umbraculidae

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

Planorbidae

Thiaridae

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Two shells of Melanoides tuberculata

Land gastropods

Achatinidae

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A shell of Achatina fulica

Arionidae

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An active individual of Arion subfuscus

Bradybaenidae

Ferussaciidae

Helicidae

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Two shells of Helix pomatia

Limacidae

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A shell and a live individual of Subulina octona

Streptaxidae

Subulinidae

Bivalvia

Marine bivalves

Arcidae

Donacidae

Mactridae

Mytilidae

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A shell of Perna perna
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Three shells of Perna viridis

Placunidae

Pteriidae

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A live individual of Pteria hirundo

Semelidae

Tellinidae

Teredinidae

Thraciidae

Veneridae

Estuarine bivalves

Corbiculidae

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Two shells of Corbicula fluminalis

Mytilidae

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One valve of Musculista senhousia

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