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

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Publication Chen et al. (2026): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Chen, H., W.-H. Qin, W.-H. Du, H.-Q. Xiang, Y.-M. He & et a. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the freshwater mussel subtribe Cristariina (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in China: description of a new species and new synonyms. ZooKeys 1268: 47-60. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cristaria liboi Chen et al., 2026
Chen, Xiang, He & Guo in Chen et al., 2026. ZooKeys 1268: 51, figs. 2I-P.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NCUMB_CL250901, Furong Creek (31.6296°N, 104.8649°E), Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China.

Taxonomic Opinions

Acudonta baitiaoensis

Amuranodonta kijaensis

Anemina harlandi (Baird & H. Adams, 1867)
+ Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877
+ Anodon euscaphys Heude, 1879
+ Anodon fluminea Heude, 1877
+ Anodon globosula Heude, 1878
+ Anodon torrentis Heude, 1878

Beringiana beringiana

Beringiana fukuharai

Beringiana gosannensis

Beringiana japonica

Buldowskia flavotincta

Buldowskia iwakawai

Buldowskia kamiyai

Buldowskia shadini

Buldowskia suifunica

Cristaria bellua

Cristaria clessini

Cristaria liboi Chen, Xiang, He & Guo, sp. nov.
+ Cristaria beirensis Wu et al., 2025

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814)
+ Anodon herculeus Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848
+ Anodonta cristata Blainville, 1825
+ Anodonta dipsas Blainville, 1825
+ Anodonta (Dipsas) spatiosa Clessin, 1876
+ Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839
+ Cristaria beirensis Liu & Zhang, 1982
+ Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817
+ Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831
+ Dipsas occidentalis Heude, 1885
+ Symphynota magnifica Mabille & le Mesle, 1866

Cristaria radiata

Cristaria truncata

Cuneopsis celtiformis

Mimo guoliangi

Pletholophus guangzhouensis

Pletholophus honglinhensis

Pletholophus reinianus

Pletholophus tenuis

Sinanodonta angula

Sinanodonta calipygos

Sinanodonta elliptica

Sinanodonta jourdyi

Sinanodonta lauta

Sinanodonta lucida

Sinanodonta pacifica

Sinanodonta schrenki = Sinanodonta schrenkii

Sinanodonta tumens

Sinanodonta woodiana

 
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