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genus Ctenodesma Simpson, 1900: synonymy

4 Recent freshwater species (4 total species)

Synonymy

Ctenodesma Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 852.
(renamed Cristadens Simpson, 1914)
Type species: Unio borneensis Issel, 1874 (orig. desig.) = Ctenodesma borneensis

Christadens Simpson, 1914

Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1154.
‘Simpson’ Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 821 [1252].
(incorrect original spelling of Cristadens Simpson, 1914)
Type species: Unio borneensis Issel, 1874 = Ctenodesma borneensis

Cristadens Simpson, 1914

Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1154.
(new name for Ctenodesma Simpson, 1900; correct name for Christadens Simpson, 1914)
Type species: Unio borneensis Issel, 1874 = Ctenodesma borneensis

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

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

Ctenodesma — Simpson (1900), Haas (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Zieritz et al. (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021), Zieritz et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2024)
Ctenodesma (s.s.) — Haas (1912), Haas (1924)
Cristadens — Simpson (1914)