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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

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), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2020), Sano et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2025)
Tamsiella schroeteriana — Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Anodontites elongatus — Pfeiffer et al. (2019)

Range

Upper Amazon Basin of Brazil and Peru.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Tamsiella schroeteriana

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Brazil

ANSP_41852 Amazon	UF_270544 Amazon Drainage	FMNH_25886 Rio Juruá, near Joao Pessoa, Est. Amazonas, Brazil
MCZ_221842 Rio Negro, Brazil	USNM_86727 Rio Negro, Brazil	USNM_86727 Rio Negro, Brazil
UMMZ_4395 Rio Purús, Brazil	UMMZ_4395 Rio Purús, Brazil	BMNH_1965208 River Amazon
BMNH_1965208 River Amazon

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

Ecuador

DMNH_173145
Ecuador

FMNH_21471
Ecuador

USNM_127203
Ecuador

Peru

AMNH_89101 near the source of the Mapuya River, Peru	USNM_601367 Quebrada Tiyuyacu, 4 km W of Domo Santa Clara, Ucayali Valley, Loreto, Peru 6° 55’ S	USNM_601367 Quebrada Tiyuyacu, 4 km W of Domo Santa Clara, Ucayali Valley, Loreto, Peru 6° 55’ S
USNM_601410 Quebrada Tiyuyacu, 4 km W of Domo Santa Clara, Ucayali Valley, Loreto, Peru 6° 55’ S	USNM_601410 Quebrada Tiyuyacu, 4 km W of Domo Santa Clara, Ucayali Valley, Loreto, Peru 6° 55’ S	INHS_19817 Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
INHS_19822 Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru	INHS_19827 Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru	INHS_19833 Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
INHS_19834 Rio Itaya, 11 km (39° bearing) SSE center of Iquitos, Loreto, Peru	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	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
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	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	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
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	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	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
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	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	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
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	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	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
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	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	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

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

unknown

MNHN_MP_0385
du Haut Amazone. Upper Amazon River

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. (16S: KP184846, 28S: KP184872, COI: KP184896, go to Genbank) ditto.