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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina

genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817: species

8 available nominal genus synonyms (25 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Cristaria beirensis Liu & Zhang, 1982

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Inner Mongolia, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Cristaria bellua

Cristaria bellua (Morelet, 1866)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (32 + 8 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Mekong River in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Cristaria clessini

Cristaria clessini (Kobelt, 1879)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (10 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Honshu Island, Japan (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)

syonymy (13 available, 23 total) | specimens (171 + 43 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Indochina and China north to the Amur Basin, eastern Russia and Mongolia, also Japan and the Kuril islands. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, Cytb, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Cristaria radiata

Cristaria radiata Simpson, 1900

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Described from Anhui Province, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria truncata Dang, Thai & Pham, 1980

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Northern Vietnam. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(i,iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria falcatocostata Schneider, Böhme & Prieto, 2013 (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Tertiary, northern Vietnam. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria mediterranea Schütt, 1983 (Quaternary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Quaternary, Greece. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria mothanica Schneider, Böhme & Prieto, 2013 (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Tertiary, northern Vietnam. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

 
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