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

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The urban area: El Hatillo Town
The rural area of La Mata

This partial list of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela shows that El Hatillo Municipality has a rich mollusk fauna. The municipality is land-locked, therefore there are no saltwater mollusks.

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.

Contents

[edit] Gastropods

Family Helicinidae

Family Ampullariidae

Family Neocyclotidae

Family Pachychilidae

Family Thiaridae

Family Lymnaeidae

Family Planorbidae

Family Physidae

Family Achatinidae

Family Arionidae

Family Orthalicidae

Family Camaenidae

Family Helicidae

Family Agriolimacidae

Family Strophocheilidae

Family Subulinidae

Family Succineidae

Family Veronicellidae

[edit] Gallery: mollusk species that occur in El Hatillo Municipality

[edit] See also

[edit] References

 This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (April 2009)
  • ARIAS, S. 1952: “Algunos moluscos de la Región Baruta – El Hatillo”. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. XII(31):45-65.
  • ARIAS, S. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. Nº 167.
  • BAKER, H. B. 1927: “The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedition in Venezuela”. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 182:1-53.
  • BAKER, H. B. 1930: “The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedition in Venezuela”. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 210
  • 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.
  • FERNÁNDEZ, J. 1982: “Contribución al conocimientos de la babosas y sietecueros (Mollusca: Gastropoda) que causan daño a la agricultura en Venezuela”. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía. XII(3-4):353-386.
  • HAAS, F. 1962: “Caribbean land molluscs: Bubulinidae and Oleacinidae”. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. XIII(58):49-60.
  • 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.
  • MARTÍNEZ E, R. 1991: “Nota acerca de la presencia de la babosa Omalonyx (O.) pattersonae Tillier, 1081 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Succinidae) de Venezuela”. Acta Biológica Venezuelica. 14(2):65-69.
  • MARTÍNEZ E, R. y MARTÍNEZ M, E. 1997: “Nota acerca de la Achatina (Lissaachatina) fulica (Browdich, 1822). Peligroso caracol africano (Pulmonata – Achatinidae) Introducido en Venezuela. Acta Biológica Venezuelica. 17(1):37-40
  • MARTÍNEZ E, R. y MIRANDA, R. 1968: “Aspectos de la reproducción en pulmonados del área metropolitana de Caracas”. En: Estudios de Caracas Ecologia Vegetal y Fauna. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas - Venezuela. 2 volúmenes.
  • TELLO, J. 1968: “Historia Natural de Caracas”. Ediciones del Consejo Municipal del Distrito Federal. Caracas – Venezuela.
  • WENZ, W. 1959: “Gastropoda”. Gebrüder Borntrager. Berlin – Germany. 3 Volúmenes.

[edit] Cartographies references

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

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