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
Mon 2 March 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. (South America: SA3 SA5)
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.
