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species Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814): specimens

14 available nominal species synonyms (25 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria plicata — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Zhou et al. (2007), Kondo (2008), Breton et al. (2009), ... Dai et al. (2026), Chen et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
Cristaria beiresis [sic] — Bogan (2010)
Cristaria herculea — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Bogatov (2022)
Cristaria tuberculata — Kantor et al. (2010), Klishko et al. (2014), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Bogatov (2022)
Middendorffinaia beirensis — He & Zhuang (2013)
C. plicata — Sheng et al. (2014)
Cristaria beirensis — Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022), Konopleva et al. (2023)
“Cristaria plicata” ** — Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2019)
Cristaria plicatus — Dai et al. (2025)
“Cristaria beirensis” ** — Wu et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)
“Cristaria “beirensis”” ** — Dai et al. (2026)

Range

Indochina and China north to the Amur Basin, eastern Russia and Mongolia, also Japan and the Kuril islands. (East Asia: AS2 AS3 AS4 AS5)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

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SMF_13169	ANSP_KAT_1428	ANSP_KAT_6169
ANSP_KAT_6173	ANSP_KAT_6174	MNHN_MP_3974 [locality illegible - Asia]
MNHN_MP_4011 [locality illegible - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4014 [locality illegible - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4014 [locality illegible - Asia]
MNHN_MP_4028 [locality illegible - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4057 [locality illegible - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4071 [locality illegible - Asia]
MNHN_MP_4078 [locality illegible - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4078 [locality illegible - Asia]	SMF_13174 A.d. See Buirnor, O. Mongolei, Amur
SMF_13174 A.d. See Buirnor, O. Mongolei, Amur	SMF_13176 A.d. See Buirnor, O. Mongolei, Amur	MNHN_MP_4062 affluent du Mekong
SMF_3461 Biwa-See [auf Honshū] [Japan Kinki: Shiga]	SMF_13180 Biwa-See, bei Seta, Japan	MNHN_MP_4029 Cambodge: Haut-Bassac
MNHN_MP_4029 Cambodge: Haut-Bassac	UF_400583 China, Jilin Province, reservoir 40 km W of Changchun, 44.06°, 124.95°	ANSP_129778 Cochin China
MNHN_MP_4024 Cochinchine	MNHN_MP_4027 Cochinchine	MNHN_MP_4039 Cochinchine
MNHN_MP_4115 fleuve Ning Pa, Canton, China	MNHN_MP_4090 Lac Kasoumigaoura, Province Hitatsi	ANSP_56520 lakes, N. Cambodia
MNHN_MP_4015 Manille [?]	MNHN_MP_4015 Manille [?]	SMF_13171 Nordfluss, oberh. Canton
MNHN_MP_4061 Pekin, lac de Hae Tien	MNHN_MP_4061 Pekin, lac de Hae Tien	MNHN_MP_4058 Pido-Conder [?]
MNHN_MP_4058 Pido-Conder [?]	MNHN_MP_4068 Porte Nord de Ning....Chine	MNHN_MP_4068 Porte Nord de Ning....Chine
SMF_13178 Prov. Schimosa, Japan	MCZ_361774 Siberia	MCZ_361774 Siberia
MNHN_MP_4069 Song-Thuong, Tonquin	SMRL_8656 South of Kon Kean near Nan Paen, Thailand	SMF_13173 Tscho bei Jentschonfu, Prov. Ischili, China
SMF_13173 Tscho bei Jentschonfu, Prov. Ischili, China

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Cambodia

MNHN_MP_4311 Cambodge	MNHN_MP_4043 Cambodge	MNHN_MP_4084 Cambodge
MNHN_MP_4072 Cambodge, Cochinchine	MNHN_MP_4101 Cambodge, Grand Lac	MNHN_MP_4101 Cambodge, Grand Lac
UF_270707 Cambodia

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China

MCZ_361776 Amour River	MCZ_361776 Amour River	MCZ_361773 Amoy River, China
USNM_86356A Canton, China	MNHN_MP_4079 Canton, Chine	SMF_13170 China
ANSP_331869 China	ANSP_125542 China	ANSP_125574 China
MCZ_361771 China	MCZ_361775 China	MCZ_361775 China
UMMZ_184036 China	ANSP_129780 China	ANSP_56517 China
MNHN_MP_3881 Chine	MNHN_MP_3884 Chine	MNHN_MP_4056 Chine
MNHN_MP_4106 Chine	MNHN_MP_3979 Chine Centrale	MNHN_MP_4022 Chine Centrale
MNHN_MP_4017 de Chine	MNHN_MP_4077 fleuve de Canton Chine	UA_20691 Lake Donghu, China. 30.4453, 114.89903
USNM_472442 Ning-Kou fou, China	MCZ_361772 river in China	MCZ_177230 Shanghai, China
AMNH_30253 Shanghai, China	MNHN_MP_4073 Shanghay	MNHN_MP_4073 Shanghay
SMF_13175 Soochow (=Sutschau), Prov. Nganhwei, China	ANSP_211320 Yangtse River, Kiangyinku [Kiangsu or Jiangsu Province], China	MCZ_189270 Yangtze Kiang Canal, China
FMNH_21538 Yangtze Kiang, China

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China, Russia

ANSP_125540 Amur

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India

UMMZ_108044 River Ganges, India

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Japan

MCZ_226699 Aomori, Japan	MNHN_MP_4120 Aomory	MNHN_MP_4120 Aomory
MNHN_MP_4120 Aomory	SMF_13168 Biwa-See, Japan	SMF_13179 Biwa-See, japan
MCZ_44635 Chiba-ken, Japan	UMMZ_130225 Furukawa River, nr. Nodo [Noda], about 1.5 hrs ride from Tokyo, Japan	BMNH_1965200 Hab._? [Tago, Japan]
SMF_13161 Japan	SMF_13163 Japan	SMF_13167 Japan
ANSP_104582 Japan	UMMZ_108043 Japan	UMMZ_108049 Japan
UMMZ_108062 Japan	UMMZ_108065_02 Japan	UMMZ_108065_02 Japan
UMMZ_184028 Japan	INHS_21810 Japan	INHS_21811 Japan
MCZ_30035 Japan	MCZ_30036 Japan	UMMZ_248762 Japan
FMNH_20183 Japan	FMNH_21539 Japan	UMMZ_23510 Japan
UMMZ_23521 Japan	SMF_13162 Japan ?	MNHN_MP_4018 Japon
MNHN_MP_4108 Japon	MNHN_MP_4118 Japon	MCZ_182730 Kasu, Japan
MCZ_182730 Kasu, Japan	UMMZ_248763 Kasuimga-ura, Japan	MCZ_151630 Kasumi, Japan
MCZ_151631 Kasumi, Japan	MCZ_182728 Kasumigoura, Japan	MCZ_182728 Kasumigoura, Japan
MCZ_183367 Kozukre, near Yokahama, Japan	MNHN_MP_3971 Lac Biwaco, Province Omi	MNHN_MP_3971 Lac Biwaco, Province Omi
MNHN_MP_3971 Lac Biwaco, Province Omi	ANSP_244861 Lake Biwa, Honshu, Japan	MCZ_244267 Lake Biwa, Honshu, Japan
MCZ_193338 Lake Biwa, Japan	UMMZ_154048 Lake Biwa, Japan	MCZ_44636 Lake Biwa, Japan
UMMZ_248764 Lake Biwa, Japan	ANSP_320807 Lake Biwa, Otsusu Shimo-sa Kamoto Sect., Shiga-Ken, Honshu, Japan	FMNH_216442 Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
ANSP_320847 Lake Biwa, Shiga-ken, Honshu, Japan	SMF_194012 Lake Biwa, Shiga-Pref. [Japan]	FMNH_33087 Lake Biwa, Tozando [Eastern Mountain region], Japan
MCZ_183549 Lake Nejiri, Japan	MCZ_167676 Ogura, Japan	ANSP_80697 Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan
ANSP_80699 Ogura, Yamashiro, Japan	MNHN_MP_4109 paddy fields near Yokohama	UMMZ_164034 paddy fields near Yokohama, Japan
SMF_13166 Sendai, Japan	MCZ_182729 Tokio, Japan	UMMZ_50246 Tone-gawa, near Omigawa, Japan
MCZ_183366 Tsuchiura, Japan	MCZ_183366 Tsuchiura, Japan	UMMZ_108050 Tsuchiura, Lake Kasumigawa, near Toyko, Japan
SMF_168213 Yokohama [Japan Kanagawa]	SMF_83366 Yokohama [Japan Kanagawa]	SMF_83367 Yokohama [Japan Kanagawa]
MCZ_220551 Yokohama, Japan	UMMZ_108048 Yokohama, Japan	MNHN_MP_3978 Yokohama, Japon (uncertain)
MNHN_MP_3980 Yokohama, Japon (uncertain)	MNHN_MP_4025 Yokohama, Japon (uncertain)

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Mongolia

FMNH_163038 Buyr Nuur, Amur Basin, east Mongolia	ANSP_416358 NE shore of Buyr Nurr (lake), vicinity of town of Dzagas, 47.86185 N, 117.88695 E, Dornod Prov. Mongolia	ANSP_416358 NE shore of Buyr Nurr (lake), vicinity of town of Dzagas, 47.86185 N, 117.88695 E, Dornod Prov. Mongolia
ANSP_416358 NE shore of Buyr Nurr (lake), vicinity of town of Dzagas, 47.86185 N, 117.88695 E, Dornod Prov. Mongolia	ANSP_416358 NE shore of Buyr Nurr (lake), vicinity of town of Dzagas, 47.86185 N, 117.88695 E, Dornod Prov. Mongolia	ANSP_416359 NE shore of Buyr Nurr (lake), vicinity of town of Dzagas, 47.86185 N, 117.88695 E, Dornod Prov. Mongolia
ANSP_416359 NE shore of Buyr Nurr (lake), vicinity of town of Dzagas, 47.86185 N, 117.88695 E, Dornod Prov. Mongolia

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Thailand

MNHN_MP_3897 Indochine

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unknown

ANSP_114036 [no locality available - Asia]	MCZ_361778 [no locality available - Asia]	ANSP_67163 [no locality available - Asia]
MNHN_MP_4059 [no locality available - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4059 [no locality available - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4064 [no locality available - Asia]
MNHN_MP_4034 [no locality available - Asia]	MNHN_MP_4047 [no locality available - Asia]	DMNH_173077 Amazon River, Brazil [No - Asia]

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Vietnam

MNHN_MP_4100 Hanoi	MNHN_MP_PARIS4 Hanoi	MNHN_MP_4080 Hanoi
MNHN_MP_4070 Hanoi, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4020 Lacs Ba Be	MNHN_MP_3992 Lacs Ba Be
MNHN_MP_4037 Lacs Ba Be	MNHN_MP_4019 Lang Son, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_3976 Riviere de Hue, Annam
SMF_13172 Riviere Noire, Tonkin	SMF_168115 Rivire Noire, Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4088 Tonkin
MNHN_MP_4099 Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4013 Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4023 Tonkin
MNHN_MP_3991 Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4048 Tonkin	MNHN_MP_4082 Tonkin

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

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China

16_NCU_XPWU_SU049. (28S: MG595486, COI: MG462958, go to GenBank) China: Hubei, Wang Lake.

16_NCU_XPWU_SU047. (28S: MG595484, COI: MG462956, go to GenBank) China: Jiangxi, Gan River.

16_NCU_XPWU_SU048. (28S: MG595485, COI: MG462957, go to GenBank) ditto.

16_NCU_XPWU_SU050. (28S: MG595487, COI: MG462959, go to GenBank) China: Jiangxi, Qinglan Lake.

UA_20691. (SRA: SRX5278582, go to GenBank) China: Lake Donghu (30.445303 N 114.899028 E).

Mp_3438_Crpli. (mtGenome: FJ986302, go to GenBank) China: Zhejiang.

NCUBM_20180122. (ND1: MG933765, go to GenBank) Liangzi Lake (Hubei Province, N: 30.22°; E: 114.60°), China.

NCUBM_20180222. (COI: MG933708, ND1: MG933764, go to GenBank) ditto.

SXNU_24042002 (JN_08). (COI: PQ387010, go to GenBank) Nanyang Lake, Shiqiao Town, Jining City, Shandong Province.

SXNU_24042003 (JN_09). (COI: PQ387011, go to GenBank) ditto.

SXNU_24042004 (JN_10). (COI: PQ387012, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_2658_Cplicata. (16S: DQ073831, ND1: DQ156176, go to GenBank) Poyang Lake, Jiangxi [China].

Mp_2657_Cpl. (16S: AF389414, go to GenBank) Qing Lan Lake, Jiangxi, China.

SXNU_24061609 (SHJ_09). (COI: PQ387008, go to GenBank) Songhua River, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province.

SXNU_24061610 (SHJ_10). (COI: PQ387009, go to GenBank) ditto.

SXNU_23082001 (ST_01). (COI: PP891536, go to GenBank) Taihu Lake Basin, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

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Japan

MHS_CP_2‐Ane‐KON. (COI: MT020596, go to GenBank) Anemuma Lake, Aomori, Japan (40.711, 141.331).

MHS_CPAK-01. (COI: MT025815, go to GenBank) Hachirogata Lake, Akita, Japan (39.9201, 139.7518).

Mp_4138_Cp31-01fmg. (16S: LC224009, COI: LC519010, go to GenBank) Joetsu, Niigata, Japan.

MHS_CPTT-03. (COI: MT025811, go to GenBank) Koyamaike Lake, Tottori, Japan (35.4984, 134.1606).

Mp_4138_Cp21-10f. (16S: LC224007, COI: LC519008, go to GenBank) Lake Anenuma, Aomori, Japan.

Mp_4138_Cp21-11f. (16S: LC224008, 28S: LC519072, COI: LC519009, ddRAD-seq: DRR361293, go to GenBank) Lake Anenuma, Tohoku, Aomori, Japan.

Mp_4138_YAMAKARA_1. (16S: LC223968, COI: LC519011, go to GenBank) Lake Yamanakako, Yamanashi, Japan.

Mp_4138_YAMAKARA_2. (16S: LC223969, COI: LC519012, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4138_YAMAKARA_5. (16S: LC223971, 28S: LC519073, COI: LC519013, go to GenBank) ditto.

Mp_4138_YAMAKARA_6. (16S: LC223970, COI: LC519014, go to GenBank) ditto.

MHS_CPIK-02. (COI: MT025816, go to GenBank) Ochigata Lake, Ishikawa, Japan (36.928, 136.825).

MHS_CPIK-03. (COI: MT025817, go to GenBank) ditto.

MHS_CPAM‐04. (COI: MT025812, go to GenBank) Ogawara Lake, Aomori, Japan (40.7414, 141.2772).

MHS_Cp21_12_CFFFRH. (COI: MT020595, go to GenBank) Ogawara Lake, Aomori, Japan (40.757, 141.328).

MHS_CPTG-01. (COI: MT020593, go to GenBank) Omoi River, Tochigi, Japan (36.2722, 139.7518).

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Russia

CIIMAR_Biv1537. (COI: KU297678, go to GenBank) Khanka Lake, Primorye, Russia (44.7075, 132.0739).

Mp_3745_Cplicata. (28S: KX822594, COI: KX822637, go to GenBank) Onon River, Transbaikalia, Russia (50.5192, 115.1342).

CIIMAR_BIV0246. (16S: MK574382, 28S: MK574523, COI: KT362704, go to GenBank) Russia: Eastern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Onon River (50.5192°N, 115.1342°E), Amur Basin, Okhotsk Sea drainage.

CIIMAR_BIV0247. (16S: MK574383, 28S: MK574524, COI: KT362705, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_133_2. (28S: MK574518, COI: MK574241, go to GenBank) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Amur River (140.7014°N, 53.1319°E), Okhotsk Sea drainage.

RMBH_biv_276_2. (16S: MK574378, 28S: MK574519, COI: MK574242, go to GenBank) Russia: Far East, Primorye Region, Khanka Lake (44.7075°N, 132.0739°E), Okhotsk Sea drainage.

RMBH_biv_495_23. (16S: MK574379, 28S: MK574520, COI: MK574243, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_495_27. (16S: MK574380, 28S: MK574521, COI: MK574244, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_495_28. (16S: MK574381, 28S: MK574522, COI: MK574245, go to GenBank) ditto.

CIIMAR_Biv1530. (COI: KT348507, go to GenBank) Ussury River, Primorye, Russia (46.4901, 134.3584).

CIIMAR_Biv1531. (COI: KT348508, go to GenBank) ditto.

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South Korea

NNIBR_IV29256. (28S: MT020811, COI: MT020591, go to GenBank) Geum River, Nonsan-si, South Korea (36.1899, 127.171).

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South Korea

NNIBR_IV29255. (COI: MT020594, go to GenBank) Nakdong River, Hapcheon-gun, South Korea (35.5749, 128.3584).

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

AS13MT01. (COI: JF700152, go to GenBank)

AS13MT02. (COI: JF700153, go to GenBank)

C.P CH1. (COI: EU698893, go to GenBank)

C.P CH8. (COI: EU698897, go to GenBank)

C.P GJ5. (COI: EU698913, go to GenBank)

C.P QT14. (COI: EU698948, go to GenBank)

CP-1. (microsatellite: MG552057, go to GenBank)

CP-10. (microsatellite: MG552061, go to GenBank)

CP-11. (microsatellite: MG552062, go to GenBank)

CP-17. (microsatellite: MG552063, go to GenBank)

CP-20. (microsatellite: MG552064, go to GenBank)

CP-21. (microsatellite: MG552065, go to GenBank)

CP-23. (microsatellite: MG552066, go to GenBank)

CP-5. (microsatellite: MG552058, go to GenBank)

CP-6. (microsatellite: MG552059, go to GenBank)

CP-7. (microsatellite: MG552060, go to GenBank)

kht. (COI: OR701679, go to GenBank)

Mp_4805_NCUCPCD1. (COI: PX434368, go to GenBank)

Mp_4805_NCUCPNMG1. (COI: PX434364, go to GenBank)

Mp_4805_NCUCPNMG2. (COI: PX434365, go to GenBank)

Mp_4805_NCUCPYY1. (COI: PX434366, go to GenBank)

Mp_4805_NCUCPYY2. (COI: PX434367, go to GenBank)

Mp_PARK_C1. (16S: GQ451845, COI: GQ451860, Cytb: GQ451873, go to GenBank)

Mp_PARK_C12_1. (16S: GQ451846, go to GenBank)

RMBH_biv_90_1. (COI: KY561634, go to GenBank)

RMBH_biv_90_2. (16S: MK574376, 28S: MK574516, COI: MK574239, go to GenBank)

RMBH_biv_90_3. (16S: MK574377, 28S: MK574517, COI: MK574240, go to GenBank)

RMBH_IEPN_90_1. (16S: MK574375, 28S: KY561666, go to GenBank)

SAMN04383926. (SRA: SRX1526127, go to GenBank)

SXNU_23110102 (DH_02). (COI: PP891535, go to GenBank)

SXNU_23110401 (JS_01). (COI: PP891537, go to GenBank)

SXNU_23110410 (JS_10). (COI: PP891538, go to GenBank)

SXNU_23110411 (JS_11). (COI: PP891539, go to GenBank)

SXNU_23110412 (JS_12). (COI: PP891540, go to GenBank)

SXNU_23121901 (DT_01). (COI: PP891533, go to GenBank)

SXNU_23121902 (DT_02). (COI: PP891534, go to GenBank)

SXNU_24030601 (RZ_01). (COI: PQ387013, go to GenBank)

SXNU_24030602 (RZ_02). (COI: PQ387014, go to GenBank)

SXNU_24030603 (RZ_03). (COI: PQ387015, go to GenBank)

SXNU_24030604 (RZ_04). (COI: PQ387016, go to GenBank)