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genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817: synonymy

7 Recent freshwater species (10 total species)

Synonymy

Dipsus of Authors, unknown year

(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Gray, 1825 of Authors.
‘Leach’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 266, 381.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Barbala Gray, 1825

Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Dipsas Leach, 1814

(homonym of Laurenti, 1768 [Rept.]; renamed Dipsax Cuvier, 1834; renamed Cleone Gistl, 1848)
Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 119.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 (original designation) = Cristaria plicata

Cristaria Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 38, 107.
Type species: Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Dipsas Rafinesque, 1820

(reference to Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 60.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Appius Menke, 1830

(intro'd as syn. of Dipsas Leach, 1814)
‘Leach’ Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 85.
Type species: Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Dipsada Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 106.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Dipsax Cuvier, 1834

(new name for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Voigt in Cuvier, 1834. Das Thierreich 3: 493.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Dionositis Ferussac, 1835

(error for Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831)
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 23.
Type species: Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831 = Cristaria plicata

Barbata Sowerby, 1839

(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
‘Humphrey’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 81.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 10.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 43.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Craspedodonta Küster, 1842

Küster, 1842. Conch. Cab. Anodonta 9: pl. 27.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 93.
Type species: Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839 = Cristaria plicata

Appias Herrmannsen, 1846

(error for Appius Menke, 1830)
‘Leach’ Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 58.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Cleone Gistl, 1848

(new name for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: ix.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Dianisolis Lea, 1852

(error for Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831)
‘Lea’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
Type species: Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831 = Cristaria plicata

Dypsas Kobelt, 1879

(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Kobelt, 1879. Zool. Jahresber. 1879: 883.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Barbalia Zittel, 1881

(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
‘Humphrey’ Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 59.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Clione Simpson, 1900

(error for Cleone Gistl, 1848)
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 583.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 223.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Crassitesta Simpson, 1900

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Cristaria Schumacher, 1817)
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 586.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 236.
Type species: Cristaria (Crassitesta) radiata Simpson, 1900 (original designation) = Cristaria radiata

Chione Modell, 1964

(error for Cleone Gistl, 1848)
‘Gistel’ [sic] Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 112.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Diamisotis Modell, 1964

(error for Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831)
‘Rafinesque’ Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 112.
Type species: Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831 = Cristaria plicata

Cristoria Bába, 2000

(error for Cristaria Schumacher, 1817)
Bába, 2000. Boll. Malac. 36(5-8): 133.
Type species: Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria plicata

Dispas Kondo, 2008

(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Kondo, 2008. Spec. Publ. Malac. Soc. Japan (3): 44.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Apppius Lopes-Lima et al., 2020

(error for Appius Menke, 1830)
‘Menke’ Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Appendix 1.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Cristaria, since 1900.

Cristaria (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Heard (1977)
Cristaria (Crassitesta) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Dipsas — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria — Thiele (1934), Zhadin (1938), Kira (1954), Kira (1959), Kuroda (1963), ... Dai et al. (2026), Chen et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
Cristaria (sec. Crassitesta) — Thiele (1934)
Cristoria [sic] — Bába (2000)
Middendorffinaia — He & Zhuang (2013)
C. — Sheng et al. (2014)
Sinanodonta — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017)