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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyriini | Prisodon species Prisodon syrmatophorus (Gmelin, 1791): specimens
6 available nominal species synonyms (14 total synonyms) Recent Taxonomic OpinionsPrisodon (Paxyodon) syrmatophorus — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Paxyodon syrmatophorus — Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Santos-Neto et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020)
Prisodon syrmatophorus — IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic] — Pereira et al. (2014)
Prisodon alatus — Soliman et al. (2016) RangeNortheastern South America, from the Orinoco and Guyana to the lower Amazon. Map of Georeferenced Specimens
Bolivia
AMNH_120676
Rio Itenez (=Guaporé), Beni, 4 km above Costa Marques, Brazil, Bolivia
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Brazil
USNM_36095
Amazon
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USNM_83881
Amazon
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USNM_83881
Amazon
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USNM_83882
Amazon
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USNM_83882
Amazon
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BMNH_MP_129
Amazon ?
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USNM_120133
Amazon R.
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USNM_83883
Amazon R., S. Am.
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USNM_83883
Amazon R., S. Am.
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USNM_83883A
Amazon R., S. Am.
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AMNH_30842
Amazon River
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AMNH_30842
Amazon River
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AMNH_30844
Amazon River
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AMNH_31270
Amazon River
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AMNH_31294
Amazon River
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AMS_126889
Amazon River
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ANSP_125545
Amazon River
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ANSP_125545
Amazon River
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BMNH_MP_127
Amazon River
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CM_61.9272
Amazon River
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FMNH_2590
Amazon River
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UMMZ_184032
Amazon River
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UMMZ_184032
Amazon River
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DMNH_173097
Amazon River, Brazil
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DMNH_186554
Amazon River, Brazil
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MCZ_30644
Amazon River, Brazil
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MCZ_MP.91
Amazon River, Brazil
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MCZ_MP.91
Amazon River, Brazil
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UMMZ_110935
Amazon River, Brazil
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UMMZ_110935
Amazon River, Brazil
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UMMZ_110935
Amazon River, Brazil
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MCZ_MP.93
Amazon River, South America
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MCZ_MP.93
Amazon River, South America
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UMMZ_110931
Amazon River, South America
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UMMZ_110931
Amazon River, South America
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UMMZ_110931
Amazon River, South America
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UMMZ_110931
Amazon River, South America
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USNM_853888
Amazon, Para City, Brazil
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INHS_79221
at mouth of rio Jarauçu (Aquiqui)
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ZMB_40674-01
Bakairi, Kamayura
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ZMB_40674-01
Bakairi, Kamayura
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INHS_78831
beach on right bank ca. 60 km north of Vitória do Xingu
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INHS_79197
beach on right bank, campsite 5 and vicinity, ca. 3.5 km southeast of Porto do Moz
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ANSP_133819
bought in the market at Pará, Brazil
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MCZ_78431
bought in the market at Pará, Brazil
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MNHN_MP_0647
Brasil
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SMF_11757
Brasilien
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SMF_11758
Brasilien
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SMF_182137
Brasilien
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AMNH_50937
Brazil
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AMNH_61962
Brazil
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AMNH_61962
Brazil
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AMNH_88274
Brazil
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AMS_126890
Brazil
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ANSP_41788
Brazil
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ANSP_41788
Brazil
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ANSP_41871
Brazil
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BMNH_MP_126
Brazil
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BMNH_MP_128
Brazil
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BMNH_MP_435
Brazil
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BMNH_MP_435
Brazil
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DMNH_173090
Brazil
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DMNH_173125
Brazil
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FMNH_19417
Brazil
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MCZ_6622
Brazil
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MCZ_6622
Brazil
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MCZ_6622
Brazil
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MCZ_6623
Brazil
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MNHN_MP_0644
Brazil
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UF_93178
Brazil
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UMMZ_110933
Brazil
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UMMZ_110933
Brazil
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UMMZ_110933
Brazil
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UMMZ_110933
Brazil
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ANSP_219176
Brazilian Consulate, Chicago, 1943
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ANSP_219176
Brazilian Consulate, Chicago, 1943
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USNM_653460
Brazilian Consulate, Chicago, 1943
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USNM_653460
Brazilian Consulate, Chicago, 1943
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MNHN_MP_1542
Bresil
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FMNH_29162
Lago de Tambaqui, Barra de Sao Manoel, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_49174
Lago de Xixia (Chichia), Municipio de Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
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FMNH_30428
Lago do Trocoa, near Lago Salgado, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_30430
Lago do Trocoa, near Lago Salgado, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_30457
Lago do Trocoa, near Lago Salgado, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_4388
Largo Grande, Brazil
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UMMZ_4388
Largo Grande, Brazil
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INHS_79210
left bank ca. 5 km upstream from confluence with rio Xingu
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FMNH_30426
lower Rio Tapajós, Lago Timbo, Pará, Brazil
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INHS_79231
main channel off right bank campsite 5, ca. 3.5-4 km south-southeast of Porto do Moz
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INHS_79214
mouth bay and confluence with rio Xingu
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INHS_78886
off right bank ca. 17 km north-northwest (downstream) of Senador José Porfírio
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INHS_78863
off right bank ca. 55 km south-southeast of Porto do Moz
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INHS_78840
off right bank ca. 6 km north-northwest of Vitória do Xingu
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INHS_78877
off right bank, point between campsite 5 and Porto do Moz
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USNM_83880
Pará City, Brazil
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USNM_83880
Pará City, Brazil
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FMNH_126608
Rio Araguaia, Barra do Tapirape, Mato Grosso, Brazil; 10°50’S, 50°40’
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SMF_11756
Rio Araguaya bei Goyaz, Brasilien
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SMF_11755
Rio Araguaya, bei Goyaz, Ilha do Bananal, Bras.
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FMNH_49175
Rio Arapiuns, below Ponta Icuxi, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_30429
Rio Cumina, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil
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ANSP_281311
Rio Curua, near Santarem, on Amazon, below Manaus, Brazil
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UMMZ_110932
Rio Jamachim, Brazil
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UMMZ_110932
Rio Jamachim, Brazil
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DMNH_173096
Rio Jamauchim, Brazil
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MCZ_297393
Rio Maica Faz, Taparinha, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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AMNH_146455
Rio Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brazil
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FMNH_29161
Rio Sao Manoel, Barra de Sao Manoel, Pará, Brazil
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AMNH_31272
Rio Solimoes, Brazil
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INHS_83152
Rio Tapajós, 2.8 km downriver of Villa Simoes, 2.8 km upriver of Vila Goreth, 5.6 km upriver of rio Arapiuns, Pará, Brazil
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INHS_85708
Rio Tapajós, 2.8 km downriver of Villa Simoes, 2.8 km upriver of Vila Goreth, 5.6 km upriver of rio Arapiuns, Pará, Brazil
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INHS_81417
Rio Tapajós, 6.5 km downstream Vila Goreth, 14.8 km Alter do Chao, Para, Brazil
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MCZ_MP.94
Rio Tapajós, Aramanahi, just above Belterra, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_29166
Rio Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_30427
Rio Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_29168
Rio Tapajós, Pindobal, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_30431
Rio Tapajós, Pindobal, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_30459
Rio Tapajós, Pindobal, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_29167
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Corôa de Areia, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_29163
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, off Mapiri Bay, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_30458
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, off Mapiri Bay, Pará, Brazil
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ANSP_167895
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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BMNH_MP_044
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_115946
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_29164
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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FMNH_29165
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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MCZ_47052
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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MCZ_89497
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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MNHN_MP_0789
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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SMF_11761
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_110937
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_110937
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_110940
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_110940
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_62226
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_62226
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
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CM_61.5109
Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Prov. Pará, Brazil
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ZMB_36001
Rio Tocantins
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SMF_36729
Rio Tocantins, Amazonas, Geb., b. Cameta, Staat Pará, Bras.
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AMNH_146547
Rio Tocantins, Bahai [Bahia ?] Brazil
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SMF_283463
Rio Tocantins, Baiao
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FMNH_216437
Rio Tocantins, Baiao, Brazil
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AMNH_146456
Rio Tocantins, Brazil
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FMNH_21815
Rio Tocantins, Brazil
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UMMZ_110936
Rio Tocantins, Brazil
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UMMZ_110936
Rio Tocantins, Brazil
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MCZ_186365
Rio Tocantins, Cameta, Est. Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_65581
Rio Tocantins, Cameta, Pará, Brazil
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UMMZ_65581
Rio Tocantins, Cameta, Pará, Brazil
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ANSP_194573
Rio Tocantins, Trocara, Pará, Brazil
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INHS_45931
Rio Xingu, ~7 km N Senador José Porfîrio, Pará, Brazil
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INHS_45931
Rio Xingu, ~7 km N Senador José Porfîrio, Pará, Brazil
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CM_61.2494
River Amazon
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ANSP_41870
Santarem, Amazon River
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ANSP_41870
Santarem, Amazon River
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INHS_78845
shore along left bank at confluence with rio Xingu
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FMNH_43782
Xingu Alto, Jacare, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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COMA_B.1054. RMNH_327159. Brasile INPA_1571. Brazil: Amapá: (Amazon): rio Amazonas: prox. Forte Macapá 00° 1' 35" N, 51° 03' 05" W: 0.02638 -51.05140 INPA_1572. Brazil: Amapá: (Amazon): rio Amazonas: prox. Forte Macapá 00° 1' 47" N, 51° 2' 53'' W: 0.02972, -51.04806 PUCRS_MCP_6150. Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Praia do Rio Tapajós INPA_943. Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Trombetas): rio Trombetas: à jusante do porto Trombetas: -1.45950 -56.38131 INPA_872. Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Trombetas): rio Trombetas: à montante do porto Trombetas: -1.45950 -56.38131 PUCRS_MCP_8531. Brazil: Pará: Afuá: (Amazon): Ilha do Chagas, afluente da Ilha do Pará: -1.99813 -54.93062 INPA_1408. Brazil: Pará: Barcarena: (Tocantins): rio Pará: baiá de Marajó: -1.50583 -48.6258 INPA_981. Brazil: Pará: Cametá: (Tocantins): rio Tocantins INPA_1579. Brazil: Pará: Cametá: (Tocantins): rio Tocantins: vila do Carmo PUCRS_MCP_8351. Brazil: Pará: Ilha Grande: (Tocantins): Rio Tocantins: Vila do Carmo: -2.45094 -49.44318 PUCRS_MCP_8357. Brazil: Pará: Ilha Grande: (Tocantins): Rio Tocantins: Vila do Carmo: -2.45094 -49.44318 PUCRS_MCP_8527. Brazil: Pará: Ilha Grande: (Tocantins): Rio Tocantins: Vila do Carmo: -2.45094 -49.44318 INPA_219. Brazil: Pará: Itupiranga: (Tocantins): rio Tocantins PUCRS_MCP_8355. Brazil: Pará: Santana do Araguaia: (Tocantins - Araguaia): Lagoa da Mata: Rio Araguaia INPA_1347. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada em frente à praia do lago Preto, jusante da Ponta de Pedras: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1355. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada em frente à praia em frente ao lago mais próximo da comunidade: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1333. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada em frente a um lago: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1352. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada próxima a um pontal: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1353. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem da Ponta do Cururu até as barracas próximas da praça de Alter: -2.50454 -54.96061 PUCRS_MCP_8515. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem direita do rio Rio Tapajós: -2.50454 -54.96061 PUCRS_MCP_8516. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem direita do rio Rio Tapajós: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_496. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem próxima ao Tapajós: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1162. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia à frente e esquerda do lago Jacundá, ponto 5: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1330. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia a montante da comunidade: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1351. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia da Ponta do Cururu: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1169. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente à praça caminhando aprox. 1,5Km em direção à praia Ponta do Cururu, ponto 1: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1177. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente a um igarapé próximo à Ponta de Pedra: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1181. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente a um lago, ponto 4: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1188. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente a um lago, ponto 8: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1160. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago do Jacaré, ponto 2: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1163. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago Itapari, ponto 10: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1186. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago Muretá, ponto 7: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1149. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago Piranha: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1339. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia entre lago próx. da comunidade e pontal: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1341. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia entre lago próx. da comunidade e pontal: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1158. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia Ponta do Cururu até barracas próximas à praça (aprox. 2 Km de caminhada), ponto 10: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1182. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia próxima ao lago Jacundá, ponto 4: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1187. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia próxima ao lago Muretá, ponto 9: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1432. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_225. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_493. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_974. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_988. Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1358. Brazil: Tocantins: Caseara: (Tocantins - Araguaia): rio Araguaia: -9.23073 -49.96436 RMNH_327157. Para, Brasile FMNH_112109B. Rio Tapirape, trib. to Rio Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil
French Guiana
Guyana
Peru
unknown
Venezuela
UCM_36453
Lake Fundacion, 20 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela
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UCM_36453
Lake Fundacion, 20 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela
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UCM_36454
Lake Tineo, 15 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela
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UCM_36454
Lake Tineo, 15 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela
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UCM_36458
Lake Tineo, 15 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela
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UCM_36458
Lake Tineo, 15 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela
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MNHN_MP_0656
Orenoque
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ANSP_125546
Orinoco River
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SMF_319657
Pemones Indian Reserve Territory (Orinoco Dr.) Venezuela
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