Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Monocondylaeinae | Tamsiella

species Tamsiella schroeteriana (Lea, 1852): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

“Anodontites elongata” ** — Whelan et al. (2011), Graf et al. (2015), Bolotov et al. (2016), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), ... Sano et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2021), Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2023), Chen et al. (2025), Prié et al. (2026)
Tamsiella schroeteriana — Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
“Anodontites elongatus” ** — Pfeiffer et al. (2019)

Range

Upper Amazon Basin of Brazil and Peru. (South America: SA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Tamsiella schroeteriana

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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BMNH_1965208
River Amazon
holotype
Anodon reticulatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1867

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USNM_86727
Rio Negro, Brazil
lectotype
Anodonta schroeteriana Lea, 1852

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MCZ_221842
Rio Negro, Brazil
paralectotype
Anodonta schroeteriana Lea, 1852

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

5 Specimens from Brazil

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ANSP_41852
Amazon

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UF_270544
Amazon Drainage

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FMNH_25886
Rio Juruá, near Joao Pessoa, Est. Amazonas, Brazil

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UMMZ_4395
Rio Purús, Brazil

INPA_1607. Brazil: Amazonas: (Amazon - Juruá): rio Ipixuna: 7° 09' S, 73° 07' W = -7.16005 -73.11427: -7.16005 -73.11427

3 Specimens from Ecuador

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USNM_127203
Ecuador

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FMNH_21471
Ecuador

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DMNH_173145
Ecuador

19 Specimens from Peru

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AMNH_89101
near the source of the Mapuya River, Peru

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USNM_601410
Quebrada Tiyuyacu, 4 km W of Domo Santa Clara, Ucayali Valley, Loreto, Peru 6° 55’ S

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USNM_601367
Quebrada Tiyuyacu, 4 km W of Domo Santa Clara, Ucayali Valley, Loreto, Peru 6° 55’ S

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INHS_19817
Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

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INHS_19822
Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

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INHS_19827
Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

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INHS_19834
Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

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INHS_19833
Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

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ANSP_416354
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

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ANSP_416353
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

image of lot ANSP_416352
ANSP_416352
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

image of lot ANSP_416351
ANSP_416351
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

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ANSP_416350
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

image of lot ANSP_416349
ANSP_416349
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

image of lot ANSP_416348
ANSP_416348
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

image of lot ANSP_416347
ANSP_416347
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

image of lot ANSP_416346
ANSP_416346
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

image of lot ANSP_416345
ANSP_416345
Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W

INPA_503. Peru: Loreto: (Amazon): Iquitos: -3.70250 -73.23349

2 Specimens from unknown

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MNHN_MP_0385
du Haut Amazone. Upper Amazon River

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MCZ_MP.183
South America

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Peru

ANSP_416347. (28S: JN243866, COI: JN243888, go to GenBank) Rio Itaya, ca. 100 minutes upstream above Puerto Belen, Iquitos by canoe w/ longshaft motor, Dept. Loreto, Peru. 3° 49’ 59” S; 73° 18’ 07” W.

ANSP_416349 / FMNH_343931. (16S: KP184846, 28S: KP184872, COI: KP184896, go to GenBank) ditto.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

BivAToL-323. (16S: KX713190, 18S: KX713268, 28S: KX713357, COI: KX713444, H3: KX713512, go to GenBank)

UA_20859. (SRA: SRX5278577, go to GenBank)