MolluscaBase taxon details
Anodontites tenebricosa (I. Lea, 1834)
1323106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1323106)
accepted
Species
Anodonta pastasana Clessin, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anodonta subsinuata Philippi, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
Glabaris nehringi Ihering, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Glabaris tenebricosus (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Mycetopus plicatus Clessin, 1882 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not G. B. Sowerby II, 1868; Glabaris...)
not G. B. Sowerby II, 1868; Glabaris nehringi is a replacement name
recent only
(of Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 78, pl. 12, fig. 36 [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 12, fig. 36 [details]
Distribution Widespread upper Amazon, coastal streams of southern Brazil and the Paraná Basin, South America
Distribution Widespread upper Amazon, coastal streams of southern Brazil and the Paraná Basin, South America [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anodontites tenebricosa (I. Lea, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1323106 on 2026-09-03
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original description
(of Mycetopus plicatus Clessin, 1882) Clessin, S. (1882). Neue Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 5: 187-193, pl. 4. Cassel., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35463769
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Glabaris nehringi Ihering, 1893) Ihering, H. von. (1893). Najaden von S. Paulo und die geographische Verbreitung der Süsswasser-Faunen von Südamerika. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 59 (1): 45-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413908
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 78, pl. 12, fig. 36 [details]
original description (of Anodonta pastasana Clessin, 1879) Miller, K. (1879). Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folgen.</em> 1: 117-203, pls 4-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35675090
page(s): 173, pl. 11, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Anodonta subsinuata Philippi, 1869) Philippi, R. A. (1869). Diagnoses molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium peruanorum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 16: 32-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16224243
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Torres, S.; Cao, L.; Gutiérrez Gregoric, D. E.; De Lucía, M.; Brea, F.; Darrigran, G. (2018). Distribution of the Unionida (Bivalvia, Paleoheterodonta) from Argentina and its conservation in the Southern Neotropical Region. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 13(9): e0203616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203616
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 226-227, figs. 306, 314 [details]
additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Glabaris nehringi Ihering, 1893) Ihering, H. von. (1893). Najaden von S. Paulo und die geographische Verbreitung der Süsswasser-Faunen von Südamerika. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 59 (1): 45-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413908
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 78, pl. 12, fig. 36 [details]
original description (of Anodonta pastasana Clessin, 1879) Miller, K. (1879). Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folgen.</em> 1: 117-203, pls 4-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35675090
page(s): 173, pl. 11, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Anodonta subsinuata Philippi, 1869) Philippi, R. A. (1869). Diagnoses molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium peruanorum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 16: 32-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16224243
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Torres, S.; Cao, L.; Gutiérrez Gregoric, D. E.; De Lucía, M.; Brea, F.; Darrigran, G. (2018). Distribution of the Unionida (Bivalvia, Paleoheterodonta) from Argentina and its conservation in the Southern Neotropical Region. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 13(9): e0203616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203616
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 226-227, figs. 306, 314 [details]
additional source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Widespread upper Amazon, coastal streams of southern Brazil and the Paraná Basin, South America [details]Type locality Rio la Plata, Buenos Ayres [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 41855)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anodonta tenebricosa Type USNM 86761) (from synonym Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86761 Anodonta tenebricosa Type) (from synonym Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anodonta tenebricosa Type USNM 86761) (from synonym Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86761 Anodonta tenebricosa Type) (from synonym Anodonta tenebricosa I. Lea, 1834)
