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

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 (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.^[1]

Family Ampullariidae

• genus Marisa
  • Marisa cornuarietis Linnaeus, 1858^[2]
• genus Pomacea
  • Pomacea glauca Linnaeus, 1856^{[2] [3]}
  • Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856) - introduced^[4]
  • Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819) - introduced^[4]
  • Pomacea haustrum (Revee, 1856) - introduced^[4]

Family Neocyclotidae

• genus Poteria
  • Poteria fasciatum (Kobelt & Schwanheim, 1912)^[3]
  • Poteria translucida (Sowerby 1843)^[3]

Family Pachychilidae

• genus Pachychilus
  • Pachychilus laevissimus (Sowerby, 1824)^[2]

Family Thiaridae

• genus Tarebia
  • Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) - introduced^[4]
• genus Melanoides
  • Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) - introduced^[4]
  • Melanoides sp. - introduced^[4]

Family Lymnaeidae

• genus Lymnaea
  • Lymnaea columellaris Say, 1817^[5]
  • Lymnaea cubensis Pfeifer, 1839^[5]

Family Planorbidae

• genus Helisoma
  • Helisoma duryi (Wetherby, 1989) - introduced^[5]
• genus Taphius
  • Taphius glabratus (Say, 1818)^{[3] [5]}

Family Physidae

• genus Aplexa
  • Aplexa rivalis (Maton & Rackett, 1807)^[5]

Family Achatinidae

• genus Achatina
  • Achatina fulica (Bowdick, 1822) - introduced^{[6] [7]}

Family Arionidae

• genus Arion
  • Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud)^{[8] [9]}

Family Amphibulimidae

• genus Dryptus
  • Dryptus marmoratus (Dunker, 1844)^{[3] [10]}
• genus Plekocheilus
  • Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguiére, 1789)^{[3] [10]}
  • Plekocheilus euryomphala (Jonas, 1844)^{[3] [10]}

Family Orthalicidae

• genus Orthalicus
  • Orthalicus maracaibensis (Pfeiffer, 1856)^[10]

Family Camaenidae

• genus Labyrinthus
  • Labyrinthus plicatus (Born, 1780)^[10]
  • Labyrinthus umbrus Thompson, 1957^[11]

Family Helicidae

• genus Helix
  • Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774) - introduced^[4]
  • Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) - introduced^[4]
  • Cornu aspersum = Helix aspersa Müller, 1799 - introduced^[4]
  • Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 - introduced^[4]

Family Agriolimacidae

• genus Deroceras
  • Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)^{[5] [9]}

Family Strophocheilidae

• genus Megalobulimus
  • Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)^{[3] [10]}

Family Subulinidae

• genus Lamellaxis
  • Lamellaxis micra (D'Orbigny, 1842)^{[12] [13]}
• genus Leptinaria
  • Leptinaria lamellata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)^{[12] [13]}
  • Leptinaria unilamellata (D'Orbigny, 1842)^{[5] [12] [13]}
• genus Subulina
  • Subulina octona (Bruguiére, 1792)^{[5] [12] [13]}

Family Succineidae

• genus Omalonyx
  • Omalonyx pattersonae Tillier, 1981^{[9] [14]}
• genus Succinea
  • Succinea sp.^{[5] [9]}

Family Veronicellidae

• genus Diplosolenodes
  • Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)^{[5] [9] [12]}

Bivalves

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

See also

• List of echinoderms of Venezuela
• List of Poriferans of Venezuela
• List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela
• List of marine molluscs of Venezuela
• List of molluscs of Falcón state, Venezuela
• List of non-marine molluscs of Venezuela
• List of birds of Venezuela
• List of mammals of Venezuela

References

Bibliography

• Baker, H. B. 1924: “Land and freshwater mollusk of the dutch leeward islands.” Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 152.
• Baker, H. B. 1925: “The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedition in Venezuela”. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 156.
• Ernst, A. 1976: “Enumeración sistemática d las especies de moluscos terrestres y de agua dulce halladas hasta ahora en los alrededores de Caracas y demás partes de la República”. Apuntes estadísticos del Distrito Federal. p:77-85.
• Lutz, A. 1928: “Moluscos de agua dulce recogidos y observados en Venezuela”. En: Estudios de zoología y parasitología venezolana. Río de Janeiro-Brasil.
• Martens, E. V. 1873. “Die Binnenmollusken Venezuela's”. In: Festschrift zur Feier des hundertjähringen Bestehens der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, vol. Reichert, K. B. ed.,157-225.
• Tello, J. 1968: “Historia Natural de Caracas”. Ediciones del Consejo Municipal del Distrito Federal. Caracas – Venezuela.
• Wens, W. 1959: “Gastropoda”. Gebrüder Borntrager. Berlin – Germany. 3 Volúmenes.

Cartographies references

• Blanco D, A. y Fuentes, R. S/F. “El Hatillo destino ecoturístico para observadores de aves”. IATURH. Caracas - Venezuela
• República de Venezuela. 1964: “Caracas”. Dirección de Cartografía Nacional. Hoja 6847. Escala 1: 100000.

External links

• —Venciclopedia.com: Moluscos del Municipio El Hatillo (Molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality)
• Applesnail.net: Apple snail website

Notes and References

1. Baker, H. B. 1923: “The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedición in Venezuela”. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 137.
2. Baker, Horace B. 1930: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela. Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology. 210:1-95
3. Arias, S. 1952: “Algunos moluscos de la Región Baruta – El Hatillo”. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. XII(31):45-65.
4. 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.
5. Martínez Escarbassiere, Rafael y Miranda A, Rafael E. 1968: “Aspectos de la reproducción en pulmonados del área metropolitana de Caracas”. En: Estudios de Caracas Ecología Vegetal y Fauna. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas - Venezuela. 2 volúmenes.
6. Martínez Escarbassiere . Rafael . Martínez Moreno . Enrique . April 1997 . Nota acerca de la Achatina (Lissaachatina) fulica (Browdich, 1822). Peligroso caracol africano (Pulmonata-Achatinidae) Introducido en Venezuela . Notes about Achatina (Lissaachatina) fulica (Browdich, 1822). Dangerous African snail (Pulmonata-Achatinidae) introduced in Venezuela . Spanish . Acta Biologica Venezuelica . 17 . 1 . 37–40 .
7. Rafael . Martínez-Escarbassiere . Enrique O. . Martínez . Otto . Castillo . Distribución geográfica de Achatina (Lissachatina) Fulica (Bowdich, 1882) (Gastropoda-Stylommatophora- Achatinidae) en Venezuela . Memoria de la Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales . 68 . 169 . 2008 . 93–106 .
8. Arias . Sergio . 1959 . Arion subfructus (Draparnaud) (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora), un molusco paleártico adaptado en Venezuela . Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales la Salle . 19 . 52 . 23–26 .
9. Fernández . de V. Julieta . 1982 . Contribución al conocimiento de las babosas y sietecueros (Mollusca: Gastropoda) que causan daños a la agricultura en Venezuela . Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía . 7 . 3–4 . 357–386 .
10. Baker . H. B. . 1926 . The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedition in Venezuela . Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan . 167 .
11. Thompson, Fred G. 1957: A collection of mollusks from Northern Venezuela. Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Nº 591:1-13
12. Baker . H. B. . The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Williamson Expedition in Venezuela, Part V . Occasional Papers (The Museum of Zoology University of Michigan) . 1927 . 2027.42/56621 .
13. Haas . Fritz . Caribbean Land Molluscs: Subulinidae and Oleacinidae . Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands . 1 January 1962 . 13 . 1 . 49–60 .
14. Martínez Escarbassiere, Rafael. 1991: “Nota acerca de la presencia de la babosa Omalonyx (O.) pattersonae Tillier, 1081 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Succinidae) de Venezuela”. Acta Biologica Venezuelica. 14(2):65-69.