Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina | Cristaria
171 specimens + 44 Genbank vouchers
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 29, no. 672; 170, no. 3690; 181, no. 3773; 183, no. 3910.
Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 120, pl. 53.
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), Heard (1977)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria plicatus — Thiele (1934), Dai et al. (2025)
Cristaria plicata — Zhadin (1938), Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Kil (1976), Habe (1977), ... Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2026)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristoria [sic] plicata — Bába (2000)
C. plicata — Sheng et al. (2014)
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 107, pl. 20, fig. 2.
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Heard (1977)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria tuberculata — Moskvicheva (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Bogatov & Zatravkin (1988), Bogatov & Sayenko (2002), ... Kantor et al. (2010), Klishko et al. (2014), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Bogatov (2022)
Cristaria plicata — Brandt (1974), Liu et al. (1979), Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), He & Zhuang (2013), Schneider et al. (2013), Klishko et al. (2016), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Do et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538, pl. 66, fig. 3 [2].
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria plicata — Liu et al. (1979), He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)

Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 445, pl. 14, fig. 24 [as ‘bi-alata’].
(renamed Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86356A, Canton, China.
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — Brandt (1974), Liu et al. (1979), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Do et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Cristaria bialata — Dang et al. (1980)
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 85.
(new name for Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 16, no. 592.
Küster, 1842. Conch. Cab. Anodonta 9: pl. 27, fig. 2.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 93 [as ‘Craspedodonta smaragdina’].
Cristaria (s.s.) herculea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013)
Middendorff, 1848. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg 6: 303.
Middendorff, 1851. Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 278, pl. 21, fig. 5; 22, figs. 1-2; pl. 26, figs. 1-2.
Cristaria (s.s.) herculea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria plicata var. herculea — Zhadin (1938)
Cristaria plicata — Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Graf (2007), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Klishko et al. (2014), Klishko et al. (2016), Do et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria herculea — Moskvicheva (1973), Dang et al. (1980), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Bogatov & Zatravkin (1988), ... Sayenko et al. (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Bogatov (2022)
‘Middendorff’ Gould, 1849. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 85.
(homonym of Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827; renamed Margaron (Anodonta) onowensis Lea, 1852)
Cristaria plicata — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
(new name for Anodon gigantea Gould, 1849)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Mabille & le Mesle, 1866. J. de Conch. 14: 123.
(misidentified reference to Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834)
Cristaria plicata — Brandt (1974)
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 123, pl. 35, fig. 1.
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 173, pl. 57, fig. 2.
Cristaria (s.s.) spatiosa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Cristaria plicata spatiosa — Kira (1954), Kira (1959), Kuroda (1963)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata spatiosa — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — Habe (1977), Kondo (2008), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Cristaria spatiosa — Habe (1991), Sayenko et al. (2005)
Heude, 1885. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (9): pl. 66, fig. 129.
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria (s.s.) occidentalis — Simpson (1914)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — Brandt (1974), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
‘Sow.’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 631. [nomen nudum]
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013)
“Say” Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 54, sp. 280.
(reference to Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Preston (1912)

‘Gertsford?’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 3, sp. 7.
(reference to Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965200, Hab._? [Tago, Japan].
Cristaria (s.s.) spatiosa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.
(error for Margaron (Anodonta) onowensis Lea, 1852)
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 175. [nomen nudum]
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905. J. de Conch. 53: 196.
(reference to Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
Cristaria bialata — Dang et al. (1980)
(error for Symphynota magnifica Mabille & le Mesle, 1866)
Cristaria plicata — Liu et al. (1979)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), Heard (1977)
Cristaria (s.s.) herculea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914)
Cristaria (s.s.) spatiosa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria (s.s.) occidentalis — Simpson (1914)
Cristaria plicatus — Thiele (1934), Dai et al. (2025)
Cristaria plicata — Zhadin (1938), Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Kil (1976), Habe (1977), ... Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2026)
Cristaria plicata var. herculea — Zhadin (1938)
Cristaria plicata spatiosa — Kira (1954), Kira (1959), Kuroda (1963)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata spatiosa — Haas (1969)
Cristaria tuberculata — Moskvicheva (1973), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Bogatov & Zatravkin (1988), Bogatov & Sayenko (2002), ... Kantor et al. (2010), Klishko et al. (2014), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Bogatov (2022)
Cristaria herculea — Moskvicheva (1973), Dang et al. (1980), Zatravkin (1983), Zatravkin & Bogatov (1987), Bogatov & Zatravkin (1988), ... Sayenko et al. (2005), Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Bogatov (2022)
Cristaria bialata — Dang et al. (1980)
Cristaria spatiosa — Habe (1991), Sayenko et al. (2005)
Cristoria [sic] plicata — Bába (2000)
C. plicata — Sheng et al. (2014)