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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!


Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Cristariina

genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817: species
     8 available nominal genus synonyms (25 total synonyms) | cladomics

Cristaria beirensis Liu & Zhang, 1982
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Inner Mongolia, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria bellua (Morelet, 1866)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (32 + 8 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Mekong River in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria clessini (Kobelt, 1879)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (10 + 3 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Honshu Island, Japan (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)
syonymy (13 available, 23 total) | specimens (171 + 37 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Indochina and China north to the Amur Basin, eastern Russia and Mongolia, also Japan and the Kuril islands. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, Cytb, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria radiata Simpson, 1900
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Described from Anhui Province, China. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria truncata Dang, Thai & Pham, 1980
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Northern Vietnam. (East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(i,iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria falcatocostata Schneider, Böhme & Prieto, 2013 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Tertiary, northern Vietnam. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria mediterranea Schütt, 1983 (Quaternary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Quaternary, Greece. (North Eurasia)
other links: MolluscaBase

Cristaria mothanica Schneider, Böhme & Prieto, 2013 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Tertiary, northern Vietnam. (East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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