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genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817: synonymy

7 Recent freshwater species (10 total species)

Synonymy

Dipsus of Authors, unknown year

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

Dipsas Leach, 1814

Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 119.
(homonym of Laurenti, 1768 [Rept.]; renamed Dipsax Cuvier, 1834; renamed Cleone Gistl, 1848)
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

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

Appius Menke, 1830

‘Leach’ Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
(intro'd as syn. of Dipsas Leach, 1814)
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

Dipsax Cuvier, 1834

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

Dionositis Ferussac, 1835

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

Barbata Sowerby, 1839

‘Humphrey’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 81.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 10.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 43.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
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

Cleone Gistl, 1848

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

Dypsas Kobelt, 1879

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

Clione Simpson, 1900

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

Crassitesta Simpson, 1900

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

Chione Modell, 1964

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

Dipsada Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

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

Appias Herrmannsen, 1846

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

Dianisolis Lea, 1852

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

Barbalia Zittel, 1881

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

Diamisotis Modell, 1964

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

Cristoria Bába, 2000

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

Dispas Kondo, 2008

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

Apppius Lopes-Lima et al., 2020

‘Menke’ Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Appendix 1.
(error for Appius Menke, 1830)
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), ... Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Dai 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)