Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia" > Superfamily Valvatoidea > Family Valvatidae > Genus Valvata

Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Valvata*	O. F. Müller, 1773	accepted genus name
*Valvata (Atropidina)*	Lindholm, 1906	generic synonym
*Valvata (Cincinna)*	Mörch, 1864	synonym
*Valvata (Tropidina)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854	synonym
*Valvata (Valvata)*	O. F. Müller, 1773	synonym

Species group names

*Missing planorbis*	Draparnaud, 1801	subjective synonym
*Valvata (Valvata) delpretiana*	Paulucci, 1878	subjective synonym
*Valvata (Valvata) cristata*	O. F. Müller, 1774	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: plattepluimdrager sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: crested valve snail; Flat Valve Snail; flat valve snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Charles Hussey

German: Flache Federkiemenschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: flat kamgälsnäcka

Literature

original description	Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana.
basis of record	Ziegelmeier, E. (1966). Die Schnecken (Gastropoda Prosobranchia) der deutsche Meeresgebiete und brackigen Küstengewässer [The Gastropoda Prosobranchia from the German seas and brackish coastal waters]. Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 13: 1-66 [Subsequent publication]
additional source	Folin, L. de. (1890). Observations sur Valvata cristata et V. piscinalis. Le Naturaliste. ser. 2, 4 (no. 76): 103-104.
identification resource	Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153996