MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Anodontitinae | Anodontites
species Anodontites tenebricosa (Lea, 1834): specimens
7 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Anodontites tenebricosus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), IUCN (2011), Mansur et al. (2020)
Anodontites (s.s.) tenebricosus — Rumi et al. (2008), Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018)
Anodontites tenebricosa — Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024)
Range
Widespread in the upper Amazon, coastal streams of southern Brazil and the Paraná Basin, South America.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Argentina
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INPA_1028. Argentina: (unknown - Rio de la Plata or Atlantic): rio Itaquaré
INPA_1495. Argentina: (unknown - Rio de la Plata or Atlantic): rio Itaquaré
PUCRS_MCP_5435. Argentina: Misiones: (Rio de la Plata)
PUCRS_MCP_5302. Argentina: Misiones: Itacaruaré: (Rio de la Plata - Uruguay): Itacaruaré: -27.87119 -55.27821
PUCRS_MCP_5349. Argentina: Misiones: Itacaruaré: (Rio de la Plata - Uruguay): Itacaruaré: -27.87119 -55.27821
PUCRS_MCP_5297. Argentina: Misiones: Itacaruaré: (Rio de la Plata - Uruguay): Itacaruaré: -27.87119 -55.27821
PUCRS_MCP_6141. Argentina: Misiones: San Javier: (Rio de la Plata - Uruguay): rio Uruguay: San Javier: -27.89459 -55.13346
Bolivia
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Brazil
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MHNCI_2990. Brazil: (unknown - Rio de la Plata or Atlantic)
MHNCI_4096. Brazil: (unknown - Rio de la Plata or Atlantic)
MHNCI_1361. Brazil: Paraná: (unknown - Rio de la Plata or Atlantic)
MHNCI_1375. Brazil: Paraná: Colônia Tereza Cristina: (Río de la Plata - Paraná - Ivai): -24.82816 -51.14385
MHNCI_2334. Brazil: Paraná: Curitiba: (Rio de la Plata - Paraná - Iguaçu)
MHNCI_1246. Brazil: Paraná: Curitiba: (Rio de la Plata - Paraná - Iguaçu)
MHNCI_1247. Brazil: Paraná: Curitiba: (Rio de la Plata - Paraná - Iguaçu)
MHNCI_1245. Brazil: Paraná: Curitiba: (Rio de la Plata - Paraná - Iguaçu)
MHNCI_1244. Brazil: Paraná: Curitiba: (Rio de la Plata - Paraná - Iguaçu)
MHNCI_1437. Brazil: Paraná: Curitiba: (Rio de la Plata - Paraná - Iguaçu)
PUCRS_MCP_5186. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: (Río de la Plata - Uruguay): rio Uruguay: Divisa Munic. Concórdia/ SC e Severiano Almeida
PUCRS_MCP_3983. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: (unknown - Rio de la Plata or Atlantic)
PUCRS_MCP_6224. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Caraá: (Atlantic Ocean - Logoa Dos Patos - Dos Sinos): rio dos Sinos: Balneário João Fernandes: -29.76509 -50.41341
PUCRS_MCP_7653. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Caraá: (Atlantic Ocean - Logoa Dos Patos - Dos Sinos): rio dos Sinos: Balneário João Fernandes: -29.76509 -50.41341
PUCRS_MCP_9854. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Iraí: (Rio de la Plata - Uruguay): rio Uruguay: : -27.18273 -53.25861
PUCRS_MCP_7647. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Santo Antônio da Patrulha: (Atlantic Ocean - Logoa Dos Patos - Dos Sinos): rio dos Sinos
PUCRS_MCP_8289. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Santo Antônio da Patrulha: (Atlantic Ocean - Logoa Dos Patos - Dos Sinos): rio dos Sinos
PUCRS_MCP_8389. Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Uruguaiana: (Río de la Plata - Uruguay): Arroio Imbaá: Estação 5, Arroio Imbaá, junto a foz no Rio Uruguai, Municipio de Uruguaiana
PUCRS_MCP_4974. Brazil: Santa Catarina: (Río de la Plata - Uruguay): Concórdia
PUCRS_MCP_4975. Brazil: Santa Catarina: (Río de la Plata - Uruguay): Concórdia
PUCRS_MCP_4981. Brazil: Santa Catarina: (Rio de la Plata - Uruguay): rio do Peixe: Piratuba
PUCRS_MCP_4982. Brazil: Santa Catarina: (unknown - Rio de la Plata or Atlantic)
MHNCI_1540. Brazil: São Paulo: (Río de la Plata - Paraná - Tietê)
FAPESP_C2606T30060. Brazil: São Paulo: Caconde: (Río de la Plata - Paraná - Grande - Pardo): Pardo -21.56030 -46.64921
FAPESP_C2605T30060. Brazil: São Paulo: Caconde: (Río de la Plata - Paraná - Grande - Pardo): Pardo -21.56030 -46.64921
Ecuador
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Paraguay
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Uruguay
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USNM_340556. Rio Yaguaron, Dept. Cerro Largo, Uruguay
PUCRS_MCP_0391. Uruguay: Florida: (Río de la Plata - Uruguay - Negro - Yi - Maciel): Arroio Maciel: -33.35 -56.61667
Genbank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.