List of molluscs of Falcón State, Venezuela explained
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.[1] 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
Acmaeidae – marine
Cylichnidae – marine
Aplustridae - marine
- Hydatina vesicaria (Lightfoot, 1786)[5]
Aplysiidae – marine
Ampullariidae - freshwater
Architectonicidae – marine
- Architectonica nobilis Roding, 1798[5]
- Heliacus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
Buccinidae – marine
Bulimulidae – terrestrial
Bullidae – marine
Bursidae – marine
Caecidae – marine
Cancellariidae – marine
Cassidae – marine
Cerithiidae – marine
Columbellidae – marine
Conidae – marine
Calyptraeidae – marine
Cymatiidae – marine
Cypraeidae – marine
Dorididae – marine
- Glossodoris bayeri Marcus & Marcus, 1967[5]
Eratoidae – marine
Epitoniidae – marine
- Epitonium lamellosum (Lamarck, 1822)[5]
Fasciolariidae – marine
Ficidae – marine
Fissurellidae – marine
Haliotidae – marine
Haminoeidae – marine
Hipponicidae – marine
- Hipponix anticuatus (Linneo, 1767)[5]
Hydrobiidae – freshwater
- Potamopyrgus ernesti (Martens, 1873)
Janthinidae – marine
- Jantina globosa Swainson, 1822[5]
Littorinidae – marine
Marginellidae – marine
- Marginella prunum (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Marginella circumvitata Weisbord, 1962[5]
- Persicula interruptolineata (Muhlfeld, 1816)[5]
- Hyalina albolineata (Orbigny, 1842)[5]
Strophocheilidae – terrestrial
Ellobiidae – terrestrial
Eulimidae – marine
- Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835)[5]
Melongenidae – marine
Mitridae – marine
Modulidae – marine
Muricidae – marine
- Chicoreus brevifrons Lamarck, 1822[5]
- Morula nodulosa (C.B. Adams, 1845)[5]
- Murex donmoorei Bullis, 1964[5]
- Murex cabritii Bemardi, 1859[5]
- Murex chrysostomus Sowerby, 1834[5]
- Murex margaritensis Abbott, 1958[5]
- Murex formosus Sowerby, 1841[5]
- Purpura patula Linneo, 1758[5]
- Thais rustica (Lamarck, 1822)[5]
- Thais deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822)[5]
- Thais haemastoma floridana Conrad, 1837[5]
Naticidae – marine
Nassariidae – marine
Neocyclotidae – terrestrial
Neritidae – marine and freshwater
Olividae – marine
Orthalicidae – terrestrial
Ovulidae – marine
Pachychilidae – terrestrial
Phasianellidae – marine
- Tricolia affinis (C.B. Adams, 1850)[5]
- Tricolia thalassicola Robertson, 1958[5]
- Tricolia tessellata (Potiez & Hichaud, 1838)[5]
Planaxidae – marine
- Planaxis nucleus (Bruguiere, 1789)[5]
Planorbidae – freshwater
- Drepanotrema aheum Baker, 1930
- Drepanotrema cimex pistiae Baker, 1930
Pleurodontidae – terrestrial
Potamididae – marine
Rissoinidae – marine
Siphonariidae – marine
Strombidae – marine
Subulinidae – terrestrial
Terebridae – marine
Thiaridae – freshwater
Tonnidae – marine
Trochidae – marine
Turbinellidae – marine
Turbinidae – marine
Turridae – marine
Turritellidae – marine
Urocoptidae – terrestrial
- Brachypodella hanleyana (Pfeiffer)
- Brachypodella leucopleura (Menke, 1847)
Vermetidae – marine
Vitrinellidae – marine
- Teinostoma megastoma (C.B. Adams, 1850)[5]
Volutidae – marine
Class Bivalvia
Arcidae - marine
- Arca zebra (Swainson, 1833)[5]
- Arca imbricada Bruguiere, 1789[5]
- Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779)[5]
- Barbatia tenera (C.B. Adams, 1845)[5]
- Barbatia cancellaria (Lamarck, 1819)[5]
- Barbatia dominguensis (Lamarck, 1819)[5]
- Anadara floridana (Comad, 1869)[5]
- Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819)[5]
- Anadara notabilis (Roding, 1798)[5]
- Anadara chemnitzii (Philippi, 1851)[5]
- Anadara ovalis (Bruguiere, 1789)[5]
- Anadara baughmani Hertlein, 1951[5]
- Noetia bisulcata (Lamarck, 1819)[5]
- Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)[5]
Cardiidae - marine
Carditidae - marine
Chamidae - marine
Corbulidae - marine
- Corbula aequivalvis Philippi, 1836[5]
- Corbula contracta Say, 1822[5]
- Corbula caribaea Orbigny, 1842[5]
Crassatellidae - marine
- Eucrassatella antillarum (Reeve, 1842)[5]
Donacidae - marine
- Donax denticulatus Linneo, 1758[5]
- Donax striatus Linneo, 1767[5]
- Donax higuerotensis[5]
Dreissenidae - marine
Glycymeridae - marine
Isognomonidae - marine
Limidae - marine
Lucinidae - marine
Mactridae - marine
Mytilidae - marine
Nuculanidae - marine
Nuculidae - marine
- Nucula mareana Weisbord, 1964.[5]
Ostreidae - marine
Pectinidae - marine
- Pecten ziczac (Linneo, 1758)[5]
- Amusium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873)[5]
- Amusium laurenti (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Aequipecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819[5]
- Ch1amys muscosa (Wood, 1828)[5]
- Aequipecten acanthodes (Dall, 1925)[5]
- Argopecten gibbus (Linneo, 1758)[5]
- Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778)[5]
- Argopecten irradian amplicostatus Dall, 1898[5]
- Lyropecten nodosus (Linneo, 1758)[5]
Periplomatidae - marine
- Periploma margaritacea (Lamarck, 1801)[5]
Pinnidae - marine
Pholadidae - marine
Plicatulidae - marine
Psammobiidae - marine
- Sanguinolaria cruenta (Lightfoot, 1786)[5]
- Heterodonax bimaculatus (Linneo, 1758)[5]
Pteriidae - marine
Semelidae - marine
- Semele projicua (Pulteney, 1799)[5]
Solecurtidae - marine
- Tagelus divisus (Spengler, 1794)[5]
- Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786)[5]
Solenidae - marine
- Solen obliquus Spengler, 1794[5]
Spondylidae - marine
Tellinidae - marine
- Tellina fausta Pultency, 1799[5]
- Tellina lineata Turton, 1819[5]
- Tellina listeri Roding, 1798[5]
- Tellina punicea Born, 1778[5]
- Tellina tirata Turton, 1819[5]
- Tellina sandix Boss, 1968[5]
- Tellina exerythra Boss, 1964[5]
- Macoma constricta (Bruguiere, 1792)[5]
- Macoma tageliformis Dall, 1900[5]
- Macoma brasiliana Dall[5]
- Macoma brevifrons (Say, 1834)[5]
- Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969[5]
- Strigilla producta Tryon, 1870[5]
- Psammotreta brevifrons (Say, 1834)[5]
Thraciidae - marine
- Cyathodonta magnifica Jonas, 1850[5]
Ungulinidae - marine
Veneridae - marine
- Circomphalus strigillinus (Dall, 1902)[5]
- Periglypta listeri (Gray, 1838)[5]
- Ventricolaria rigida (Dillwyn, 1817)[5]
- Chione cancellata (Linneo, 1767)[5]
- Chione paphia (Linneo, 1767)[5]
- Chione pubera (Bory-Saint-Vicent, 1827)[5]
- Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Protothaca granulata (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)[5]
- Pitar arestus (Dall & Simpson, 1901)[5]
- Pitar dione (Linneo, 1758)[5]
- Pitar circinatus (Born, 1778)[5]
- Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)[5]
- Pitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Macrocallista maculata (Linneo, 1758)[5]
- Cyclinella tenuis (Récluz, 1852)[5]
- Dosinia concentrica (Born, 1778)[5]
- Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
Class Cephalopoda
Loliginidae - marine
Octopodidae - marine
Spirulidae - marine
Thysanoteuthidae - marine
- Thysanoteuthys rhombus Troschel, 1857[5]
Class Scaphopoda
Dentaliidae - marine
- Dentalium laqueatum Verri1, 1885[5]
Siphonodentallidae - marine
- Cadulus quadridentatus (Dall, 1881)[5]
Class Polyplacophora
Chitonidae - marine
See also
Notes and References
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- Catalogo de la colección de Moluscos del Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central (MBUCV-XIV)
- Martínez E, R. & Martínez M, E. 1997. Nota acerca de la Achatina (Lissachatina) Fulica (Bowdich, 1822). Peligroso caracol africano (pulmonata-Achatinidae) introducido en Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 17(1):37-40.
- Martínez-Escarbassiere, Rafael, Martínez, Enrique O. & Castillo, Otto. 2008: Distribución Geográfica De Achatina (Lissachatina) Fulica (Bowdich, 1882) (Gastropoda-Stylommatophora- Achatinidae) En Venezuela. Memoria De La Fundación La Salle De Ciencias 68(169): 93-106. ISSN 0037-8518 PDF ISSN 0037-8518.
- Bitter, Ricardo S. & Martínez E. Rafael. 2001: Inventario de los moluscos marinos en las costas del estado Falcón, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 21(1):21-41.
- Pain, Thomas. & Sergio Arias C. 1958: Descripción de una especie nueva de Pomacea de Venezuela. Museo de Historia Natural La Salle. Serie. Zoología. No 24.
- Martínez E, R. & Ruiz B, L. 1994: “Nota acerca de la presencia del gastropodo Haliotis pourtalesii|Haliotis (Padollus) pourtalesii Dall, 1881 (Archeogastropoda, Pleurotomariacea) en aguas del Caribe venezolano”. Acta Biologica Venezuelica. 15(1):63-64.
- Flores, Celestino & Cáceres, Raquel. 1973: La familia Neritidea (Mollusca: Archaeogastropoda)en las aguas costeras de Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico. Universidad de Oriente. 12(2):1-13.