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

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

genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817: synonymy
     6 Recent valid species (9 total species)

Dipsus of Authors, unknown year
Gray, 1825 of Authors.
‘Leach’
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 266, 381.
(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Dipsas Leach, 1814
Leach, 1814. Zool. Misc. 1: 119.
(homonym of Laurenti, 1768 [Rept.]; renamed Dipsax Cuvier, 1834; renamed Cleone Gistl, 1848)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 (original designation) = Cristaria plicata

Cristaria Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 38, 107.
Type species: Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Dipsas Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 60.
(reference to Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Barbala Gray, 1825
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Appius Menke, 1830
‘Leach’
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
(intro'd as syn. of Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 85.
Type species: Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Dipsax Cuvier, 1834
Voigt in
Cuvier, 1834. Das Thierreich 3: 493.
(new name for Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Dionositis Ferussac, 1835
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 23.
(error for Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831)

Barbata Sowerby, 1839
‘Humphrey’
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 81.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 10.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 43.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)

Craspedodonta Küster, 1842
Küster, 1842. Conch. Cab. Anodonta 9: pl. 27.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 93.
Type species: Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839 = Cristaria plicata

Cleone Gistl, 1848
Gistl, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierreich Höhere Schulen: ix.
(new name for Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Dypsas Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Zool. Jahresber. 1879: 883.
(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Clione Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 583.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 223.
(error for Cleone Gistl, 1848)

Crassitesta Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 586.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 236.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Cristaria Schumacher, 1817)
Type species: Cristaria (Crassitesta) radiata Simpson, 1900 (original designation) = Cristaria radiata

Chione Modell, 1964
‘Gistel’ [sic]
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 112.
(error for Cleone Gistl, 1848)

Dipsada Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 106.
(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Barbatia Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: ??.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)

Appias Herrmannsen, 1846
‘Leach’
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 58.
(error for Appius Menke, 1830)

Dianisolis Lea, 1852
‘Lea’
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
(error for Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831)

Barbalia Zittel, 1881
‘Humphrey’
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 59.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Diamisotis Modell, 1964
‘Rafinesque’
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 112.
(error for Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831)

Cristoria Bába, 2000
Bába, 2000. Boll. Malac. 36(5-8): 133.
(error for Cristaria Schumacher, 1817)

Dispas Kondo, 2008
Kondo, 2008. Spec. Publ. Malac. Soc. Japan (3): 44.
(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)

Apppius Lopes-Lima et al., 2020
‘Menke’
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Appendix 1.
(error for Appius Menke, 1830)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Cristaria (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Heard (1977)
Cristaria (Crassitesta)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
DipsasDautzenberg & Fischer (1905), Dautzenberg & Fischer (1905)
CristariaThiele (1934), Zhadin (1938), Kira (1954), Kira (1959), Kuroda (1963), ... Hou et al. (2024), Xiang et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2025)
Cristaria (sec. Crassitesta)Thiele (1934)
Cristoria [sic]Bába (2000)
MiddendorffinaiaHe & Zhuang (2013)
C.Sheng et al. (2014)
SinanodontaBogatov & Prozorova (2017)

 
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