List of molluscs of Falcón State, Venezuela

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.

Contents

Class Gastropoda

Achatinidae – terrestrial

Acmaeidae – marine

Cylichnidae – marine

Aplustridae - marine

Aplysiidae – marine

Ampullariidae - freshwater

Architectonicidae – marine

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

Eratoidae – marine

Epitoniidae – marine

Fasciolariidae – marine

Ficidae – marine

Fissurellidae – marine

Haliotidae – marine

Haminoeidae – marine

Hipponicidae – marine

Hydrobiidae – freshwater

Janthinidae – marine

Littorinidae – marine

Marginellidae – marine

Strophocheilidae – terrestrial

Ellobiidae – terrestrial

Eulimidae – marine

Melongenidae – marine

Mitridae – marine

Modulidae – marine

Muricidae – marine

Naticidae – marine

Nassaridae – marine

Neocyclotidae – terrestrial

Neritidae – marine and freshwater

Olividae – marine

Orthalicidae – terrestrial

Ovulidae – marine

Pachychilidae – terrestrial

Phasianellidae – marine

Planaxidae – marine

Planorbidae – freshwater

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

Vermetidae – marine

Vitrinellidae – marine

Volutidae – marine

Class Bivalvia

Arcidae - marine

Cardiidae - marine

Carditidae - marine

Chamidae - marine

Corbulidae - marine

Crassatellidae - marine

Donacidae - marine

Dreissenidae - marine

Glycymeridae - marine

Isognomonidae - marine

Limidae - marine

Lucinidae - marine

Mactridae - marine

Mytilidae - marine

Nuculanidae - marine

Nuculidae - marine

Ostreidae - marine

Pectinidae - marine

Periplomatidae - marine

Pinnidae - marine

Pholadidae - marine

Plicatulidae - marine

Psammobiidae - marine

Pteriidae - marine

Semelidae - marine

Solecurtidae - marine

Solenidae - marine

Spondylidae - marine

Tellinidae - marine

Thraciidae - marine

Ungulinidae - marine

Veneridae - marine

Class Cephalopoda

Loliginidae - marine

Octopodidae - marine

Spirulldae - marine

Thysanoteuthidae - marine

Class Scaphopoda

Dentalidae - marine

Siphodentaliidae - marine

Class Polyplacophora

Chitonidae - marine

See also

References

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