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List of non marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela

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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.

Contents

This list currently (2011) includes only terrestrial gastropods, in other words land slugs and land snails; whether there are any freshwater species of snails and clams is not yet recorded. The terrestrial mollusc fauna contains 38 species that have been reported in the specialized literature and by observation in the territories of the municipality.

El Hatillo Municipality consists of urban and rural areas:

  • The urban areas are: El Hatillo town, El Calvario, La Lagunita, Alto Hatillo La Boyera, Las Marías, Oripoto, Los Pomelos, Los Naranjos, Los Geranios, La Cabaña, Cerro Verde, Llano Verde, Colinas, Vista El Valle, and Los Olivos y El Cigarral.
  • The rural areas are: La Unión, Corralito, Turgua, La Hoyadita, Sabaneta, La Mata, Caicaguana, and Los Naranjos y Altos de Halcón.

    • Gastropods

    Family Helicinidae

  • genus Helicina
  • Helicina spp.

    • Family Ampullariidae

  • genus Marisa
  • Marisa cornuarietis Linnaeus, 1858
  • genus Pomacea
  • Pomacea glauca Linnaeus, 1856
  • Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856) - introduced
  • Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819) - introduced
  • Pomacea haustrum (Revee, 1856) - introduced

    • Family Neocyclotidae

  • genus Poteria
  • Poteria fasciatum (Kobelt & Schwanheim, 1912)
  • Poteria translucida (Sowerby 1843)

    • Family Pachychilidae

  • genus Pachychilus
  • Pachychilus laevisimus (Sowerby, 1824)

    • Family Thiaridae

  • genus Tarebia
  • Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) - introduced
  • genus Melanoides
  • Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) - introduced
  • Melanoides sp. - introduced

    • Family Lymnaeidae

  • genus Lymnaea
  • Lymnaea columellaris Say, 1817
  • Lymnaea cubensis Pfeifer, 1839

    • Family Planorbidae

  • genus Helisoma
  • Helisoma duryi (Wetherby, 1989) - introduced
  • genus Taphius
  • Taphius glabratus (Say, 1818)

    • Family Physidae

  • genus Aplexa
  • Aplexa rivalis (Maton & Rackett, 1807)

    • Family Achatinidae

  • genus Achatina
  • Achatina fulica (Bowdick, 1822) - introduced

    • Family Arionidae

  • genus Arion
  • Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud)

    • Family Amphibulimidae

  • genus Dryptus
  • Dryptus marmoratus (Dunker, 1844)
  • genus Plekocheilus
  • Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguiére, 1789)
  • Plekocheilus euryomphala (Jonas, 1844)

    • Family Orthalicidae

  • genus Orthalicus
  • Orthalicus maracaibensis (Pfeiffer, 1856)

    • Family Camaenidae

  • genus Labyrinthus
  • Labyrinthus plicatus (Born, 1780)
  • Labyrinthus umbrus Thompson, 1957

    • Family Helicidae

  • genus Helix
  • Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774) - introduced
  • Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) - introduced
  • Helix aspersa Müller, 1799 - introduced
  • Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 - introduced

    • Family Agriolimacidae

  • genus Deroceras
  • Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)

    • Family Strophocheilidae

  • genus Megalobulimus
  • Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)

    • Family Subulinidae

  • genus Lamellaxis
  • Lamellaxis micra (D'Orbigny, 1842)
  • genus Leptinaria
  • Leptinaria lamellata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
  • Leptinaria unilamellata (D'Orbigny, 1842)
  • genus Subulina
  • Subulina octona (Bruguiére, 1792)

    • Family Succineidae

  • genus Omalonyx
  • Omalonyx pattersonae Tillier, 1981
  • genus Succinea
  • Succinea sp.

    • Family Veronicellidae

  • genus Diplosolenodes
  • Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)

    • Bivalves

    There are an unknown number of freshwater bivalves in the area.

    References

    List of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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