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.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.

Family Ampullariidae genus Marisa Marisa cornuarietis Linnaeus, 1858Baker, Horace B. 1930: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela. Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology. 210:1-95 genus Pomacea Pomacea glauca Linnaeus, 1856Arias, S. 1952: “Algunos moluscos de la Región Baruta – El Hatillo”. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. XII(31):45-65. Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856) - introducedOjasti, 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. 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 laevissimus (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, 1817Martínez 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. 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, 1957Thompson, Fred G. 1957: A collection of mollusks from Northern Venezuela. Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Nº 591:1-13

Family Helicidae genus Helix Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774) - introduced Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) - introduced Cornu aspersum = 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, 1981Martínez 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. genus Succinea Succinea sp.

Family Veronicellidae genus Diplosolenodes Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)

Gallery: mollusk species that occur in El Hatillo Municipality

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