species Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814): synonymy

Mytilus plicatus Lightfoot, 1786

‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 29, no. 672; 170, no. 3690; 181, no. 3773; 183, no. 3910. [nomen dubium]

Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814

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 plicata plicata — Haas (1930)
Cristaria plicatus — Thiele (1934), Dai et al. (2025)
Cristaria plicata — Zhadin (1938), Zhadin (1965), Brandt (1974), Kil (1976), Habe (1977), ... Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Tumpeesuwan et al. (2026), Li et al. (2026)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristoria [sic] plicata — Bába (2000)
C. plicata — Sheng et al. (2014)
“Cristaria plicata” ** — Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2019)
Cristaria cristata [sic] — Altaba et al. (2025)

Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817

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), ... Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Do et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Chen et al. (2026)

Anodonta dipsas Blainville, 1825

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), Chen et al. (2026)

Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829

(renamed Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831)
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 445, pl. 14, fig. 24 [as ‘bi-alata’].
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86356A (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 20), 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)

Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831

(new name for Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829)
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 85.

Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2026)

Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839

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), Chen et al. (2026)

Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848

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 herculea — Haas (1930)
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), Chen et al. (2026)
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)

Anodon gigantea Gould, 1849

(homonym of Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827; renamed Margaron (Anodonta) onowensis Lea, 1852)
‘Middendorff’ Gould, 1849. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 85.

Cristaria plicata — Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)

Margaron (Anodonta) onowensis Lea, 1852

(new name for Anodon gigantea Gould, 1849)
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.

Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)

Symphynota magnifica Mabille & le Mesle, 1866

(misidentified reference to Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834)
Mabille & le Mesle, 1866. J. de Conch. 14: 123.

Cristaria plicata — Brandt (1974), Chen et al. (2026)

Anodonta magnifica Clessin, 1873

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)

Anodonta (Dipsas) spatiosa Clessin, 1876

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 173, pl. 57, fig. 2.

Cristaria (s.s.) spatiosa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Cristaria plicata spatiosa — Haas (1930), 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), Chen et al. (2026)
Cristaria spatiosa — Habe (1991), Sayenko et al. (2005)

Dipsas occidentalis Heude, 1885

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 plicata plicata — Haas (1930)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata plicata — Haas (1969)
Cristaria plicata — Brandt (1974), IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2026)

Cristaria beirensis Liu & Zhang, 1982

Liu & Zhang, 1982. Acta Zootax. Sinica 7(1): 35.

Cristaria beirensis — Hu (2005), Bogatov & Prozorova (2017), Zieritz et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Liu et al. (2022), Konopleva et al. (2023)
Cristaria beiresis [sic] — Bogan (2010)
Middendorffinaia beirensis — He & Zhuang (2013)
“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)
Cristaria plicata — Chen et al. (2026)

Cristaria cristata Altaba et al., 2025

(error for Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
Altaba et al., 2025. Arch. Moll. 154(1): Table 1.

Anodon alatus ‘Sow.’ of Authors

‘Sow.’ of Authors.

Anodonta cristata Blainville, 1825

Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 631. [nomen nudum]

Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2026)

Anodonta exotica Blainville, 1825

(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.

Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013)

Unio plicatus Sowerby, 1866

(reference to Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
“Say” Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 54, sp. 280.

Dipsas plicatus — Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
Cristaria (s.s.) plicata — Preston (1912)

Anodon herculeus G.B. Sowerby II, 1867

(reference to Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848)
‘Gertsford?’ G.B. Sowerby II, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 3, sp. 7.
HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965200, Hab._? [Tago, Japan].

Cristaria (s.s.) spatiosa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Cristaria plicata — He & Zhuang (2013), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2026)

Margaron (Anodonta) ononensis Lea, 1870

(error for Margaron (Anodonta) onowensis Lea, 1852)
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.

Barbala plicatula Paetel, 1890

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)

Dipsas plicatus Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

(reference to Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905. J. de Conch. 53: 196.

Cristaria bialata — Dang et al. (1980)

Cristaria beiresis Bogan, 2010

(error for Cristaria beirensis Liu & Zhang, 1982)
‘Liu & Zhang’ Bogan, 2010. FADA: [8].

Anodonta magrifica Of Authors

(error for Symphynota magnifica Mabille & le Mesle, 1866)

Cristaria plicata — Liu et al. (1979)