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species Cristaria bellua (Morelet, 1866): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria plicata — IUCN (2011), He & Zhuang (2013), Do et al. (2018), Lopes-Lima et al. (2020)
Cristaria bellua — Konopleva et al. (2023), Bogan et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2026), Chen et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Tumpeesuwan et al. (2026)

Range

Mekong River in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. (East Asia: AS5)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Cristaria bellua

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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MCZ_175610
Lake Touli-Sap, Cambodia, Indo China
types
Anodonta bellua Morelet, 1866

BMNH_1965147. lac Toui-Sap [Cambodia] — lectotype Anodonta bellua Morelet, 1866

Other Specimens by Collection | show by country

2 Specimens from ANSP

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ANSP_162038
Grand Lac, Cambodia

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ANSP_56516
Lake Touli-Sap, Cambodia

1 Specimens from FMNH

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FMNH_296520
Thailand, Mun River near Bon Tum

1 Specimens from INHS

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INHS_32578
Tonle Sap Lake, near Porsat (=Pursat or Pouthisat), Cambodia

4 Specimens from MCZ

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MCZ_266164
Thailand: Nam Kaen, S of Son Kaen

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MCZ_102063
Houtene, confluence of Nam Hinbourne and Mekong rivers, Laos, French Indo China

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MCZ_280900
Thailand: Gaeng Lawa, 12 km NE of Ban Pai, Khon Kaen Prov.

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MCZ_266165
Thailand: Gaeng Nam Ton, Nam Kaen, S of Son Kaen

6 Specimens from MNHN

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MNHN_MP_4040
Ban Don Cau, Mekong

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MNHN_MP_4087
Cambodge, Somron Seng

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MNHN_MP_4026
Gr. Lacs, Cambodge

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MNHN_MP_4105
Grand Lacs, Cambodge

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MNHN_MP_4111
Grand Lak, Cambodia, French Indo-China

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MNHN_MP_4016
Gaeng Nam Ton, south of Kon Kaen, Thailand

13 Specimens from SMF

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SMF_188909
Thailand: Ban Gat La Ngun

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SMF_319626
Thailand: unlegibale Ubon

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SMF_319629
Cambodia: Sekong at Stung Treng

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SMF_319630
Laos: Mekong at Muomng khong

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SMF_319625
Lam Chi S Kon Kaen bei Gaen Nam Ton

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SMF_188910
Mekong at Tat Panom

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SMF_220859
Mekong River, Ban Dan

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SMF_319628
Mekong, Tat Panom

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SMF_319627
Songkram River, Wannonivat

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SMF_220860
Thailand: Gaeng Lawa; Kon Kean, 13 km NE Ban Pai

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SMF_283462
Thailand: Gaeng Namton; S of Kon Kaen

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SMF_220858
Thailand: Mekong River at Ban Kum, 12 km N of Ban Dan

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SMF_13181
Tonkin

2 Specimens from UF

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UF_225991
Kampuchea (Cambodia), Grand Lac

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UF_507842
Mun River and backwater SSE of Ban Pak Nam. TH16-50. 15.265472, 104.980314

1 Specimens from UMMZ

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UMMZ_231091
River Lam Chi at Gaeng Nam Ton, south of Kon Kaen, [Thailand]

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Laos

RMBH_biv_853_1. (16S: ON695884, 28S: ON695896, COI: ON704645, go to GenBank) Laos: Nam Don River.

RMBH_biv_853_2. (16S: ON695885, 28S: ON695897, COI: ON704646, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_813_1. (16S: ON695881, 28S: ON695893, COI: ON704642, go to GenBank) Laos: Nam Ngum river.

RMBH_biv_813_2. (16S: ON695882, 28S: ON695894, COI: ON704643, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_813_3. (16S: ON695883, 28S: ON695895, COI: ON704644, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_891_1. (16S: ON695886, COI: ON704647, go to GenBank) Laos: tributary of Nam Ngiap river.

RMBH_biv_891_2. (16S: ON695887, 28S: ON695898, COI: ON704648, go to GenBank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_891_5. (16S: ON695888, 28S: ON695899, COI: ON704649, go to GenBank) ditto.