Publication Prime (1865): summary

Full Citation

Prime, T. 1865. Monograph of the American Corbiculadae. (Recent and fossil). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (145). 80 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17604624.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Gallileja Prime, 1852

‘da Costa’ of Authors.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 348.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 59.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 164.
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)

Physemoda Prime, 1852

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 348.
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 267.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 59.
(error for Phymesoda Rafinesque, 1820)

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium adamsii Stimpson, 1851 = Euglesa adamsii

‘Prime, MS’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 352, pl. 11, figs. 1-3.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63, fig. 63.
(new name for Cyclas nitida Mighels in Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Cyclas aequalis Lamarck, 1835 = Pisidium dubium

Lamarck, 1835. unknown publication: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 29.
‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 62.
‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 174.
(error for Cyclas (Phymesoda) equalis Rafinesque, 1820)

Pisidium aequilaterale Prime, 1865 = Euglesa equilateralis

Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63 [as ‘æquilaterale’].
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 165.
‘Prime’ Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 50 [as ‘æquilaterale’].
‘Prime’ Herrington, 1962. MPUMMZ (118): 31.
(error for Pisidium equilaterale Prime, 1852)

Pisidium altile Prime, 1852 = Euglesa compressa

‘Anthony’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 29. [nomen nudum]
‘Anthony’ Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 353, pl. 11, figs. 10-12.
‘Anthony, in litt.’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 65 [as ‘Cyclas altilis’]. [nomen nudum]

Cyclas aurea Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium striatinum

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 159.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 283.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 35, fig. 26.

There are 16 available nominal species attributed to this publication (54 total).

Sphaerium barbadense Prime, 1861 = Eupera barbadensis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 415.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 53, fig. 53.

Cyrena californica Prime, 1865 = nomen dubium

Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 23.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 142.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 232.
(error for Cyrena californiensis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena colorata Prime, 1865 = nomen dubium

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 30, fig. 23.

Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852 = Euglesa compressa

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 164.
Prime, 1852. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 5: 219, pl. 6.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 356, pl. 11, figs. 13-15.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 64, figs. 67-68.

Pisidium consanguineum Prime, 1865 = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 76, fig. 86.

Sphaerium contractum Prime, 1865 = Sphaerium transversum

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 48, fig. 46.

Sphaerium cubense Prime, 1865 = Eupera cubensis

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 58, fig. 60.

Cyrena cubensis Prime, 1865 = Polymesoda floridana

Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 29.
(new name for Cyrena maritima d’Orbigny, 1853)

Cyclas emarginata Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium striatinum

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 156.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 283.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 43, fig. 38.

Pisidium equilaterale Prime, 1852 = Euglesa equilateralis

Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 366, pl. 12, figs. 23-25.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63, figs. 65-66 [as ‘æquilaterale’].

Cyclas fabalis Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium fabale

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 159.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 273.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 40, fig. 33.

Pisidium ferrugineum Prime, 1852 = Euglesa ferruginea

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 162.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 362, pl. 12, figs. 8-10.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 71, figs. 77-78.

Cyclas flava Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium striatinum

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 155.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 284.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 43, fig. 39.

Cyclas fuscata Prime, 1860 = Sphaerium striatinum

‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 292.
‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 38.
(error for Cyclas furcata Prime, 1853)

Cyanocyclas globulus ‘Jonas, in litter.’ Prime, 1865 = Cyanocyclas cuneata

‘Jonas, in litter.’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 6. [nomen nudum]
‘Jonas, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 130. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyrena cuneata Jonas, 1844)

Pisidium grande ‘Whittemore, in litt.’ Prime, 1865 = Euglesa variabilis

‘Whittemore, in litt.’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 66. [nomen nudum]
‘Whittemore, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 173. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852)

Pisidium jamaicense Prime, 1865 = Pisidium jamaicense

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 70, fig. 76.

Sphaerium jayanum Prime, 1865 = Sphaerium lacustre

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 46, fig. 43.
(new name for Cyclas jayensis Prime, 1852)

Cyclas littoralis Prime, 1865 = Eupera bahiensis

‘Férussac, Collect. Michaud’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 54. [nomen nudum]
‘Férussac, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 155. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas modioliformis Anton, 1837)

Sphaerium meridionale Prime, 1861 = Eupera meridionalis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 414.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 55, fig. 54.

Cyrena meridionalis Prime, 1865 = Polymesoda meridionalis

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 19, fig. 14.

Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858 = Euglesa casertana

Prime, 1858. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 6: 65, pl. 1, figs. 3a-c.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 67, fig. 71.

Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856 = Sphaerium occidentale

‘Prime’ Lewis, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6(1): 2.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 41, fig. 34.
‘Prime’ Lewis, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 109.
(new name for Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853)

Cyrena ordinaria Prime, 1865 = Polymesoda ordinaria

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 19, fig. 15.

Cyclas pallida Prime, 1865 = Sphaerium ovale

‘de Charpentier, Mss.’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 44. [nomen nudum]
‘de Charpentier, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 153. [nomen nudum]

Sphaerium parvulum Prime, 1865 = Eupera parvula

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 57, fig. 58.

Corbicula perplexa Prime, 1865 = Cyanocyclas limosa

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 75, fig. 84.

Sphaerium portoricense Prime, 1861 = Eupera portoricensis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 415.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 56, fig. 57.

Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1865 = Polymesoda inflata

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 24, fig. 19.
(new name for Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853)

Cyrena regalis Prime, 1865 = Polymesoda arctata

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 18, fig. 13.

Cyclas rosacea Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium lacustre

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 155.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 277.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 50, fig. 48.

Pisidium rotundatum Prime, 1852 = Euglesa rotundata

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 164.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 357, pl. 11, figs. 19-21.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 72, figs. 81-82.

Cyclas saratogea Prime, 1865 = Sphaerium simile

‘Lamarck’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 34.
(error for Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818)

Cyclas securis Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium securis

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 160.
Prime, 1852. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 5: 218, pl. 6.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 276.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 49, fig. 47.

Pisidium simile Prime, 1863 = nomen dubium

Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 15.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 69, fig. 74.

Cyclas solidula Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium striatinum

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 158.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 282.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 36, fig. 27.

Cyclas sphaerica Prime, 1853 = Sphaerium securis

‘Anthony’ Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 275 [as ‘sphærica’].
specimen image from publication‘Anthony’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 50, fig. 49.

Cyclas striatella Prime, 1865 = Eupera bahiensis

‘Férussac, Museum of Paris’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 54. [nomen nudum]
‘Férussac, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 155. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas modioliformis Anton, 1837)

Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860 = Sphaerium subtransversum

Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 52.

Cyclas sulculosa Prime, 1865 = Sphaerium fabale

‘de Charpentier, Mss.’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 40.
‘De Charpentier, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 153. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas fabalis Prime, 1852)

Cyclas tenuis Prime, 1852 = Sphaerium nitidum

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 161.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 285.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 47, fig. 44.

Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865 = Polymesoda inflata

Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 26.
(new name for Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1855)

Pisidium ultramontanum Prime, 1865 = Euglesa ultramontana

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 75, fig. 85.

Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852 = Euglesa variabilis

Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 163.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 351, pl. 11, figs. 7-9.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 66, figs. 69-70.

Cyclas venezuelensis Prime, 1865 = Eupera bahiensis

Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 54. [nomen nudum]
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 155. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas modioliformis Anton, 1837)

Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 = Euglesa ventricosa

Prime, 1851. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 68.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 355, pl. 11, figs. 16-18.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 72, figs. 79-80.

Sphaerium vermontanum Prime, 1861 = Sphaerium striatinum

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 128.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 42, fig. 37.

Pisidium virginicum Prime, 1865 = Pisidium dubium

‘Bourguignat’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 61-62.
‘Gmelin’ Sterki, 1916. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 10(3/4): ??.
(reference to Tellina virginica Gmelin, 1791)

Sphaerium viridante Prime, 1865 = Eupera viridantis

specimen image from publication‘Morelet’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 57, fig. 59.
(renamed Limosina viridans Prime, 1895)

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula brasiliana Deshayes = Cyanocyclas brasiliana

specimen image from publication Corbicula convexa Deshayes

specimen image from publication Corbicula cuneata Deshayes = Cyanocyclas cuneata

+ Cyanocyclas globulus ‘Jonas, in litter.’ Prime, 1865

+ Corbicula incrassata Deshayes, 1855

specimen image from publication Corbicula limosa Deshayes = Cyanocyclas limosa

+ Cyclas (Cyrena) variegata d’Orbigny, 1835

+ Corbicula semisulcata Deshayes, 1855

Corbicula moreauensis Meek & Hayden

There are 183 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

specimen image from publication Pisidium abditum Haldeman = Euglesa casertana

+ Cyclas minor Adams in Mighels & Adams, 1842

+ Pisidium tenellum Gould in Agassiz, 1850

+ Pisidium obscurum Prime, 1852

+ Pisidium rubellum Prime, 1852

+ Pisidium minus Stimpson, 1851

+ Pisidium kurtzii Prime, 1852

+ Pisidium zonatum Prime, 1852

+ Pisidium regulare Prime, 1852

+ Pisidium notatum Prime, 1852

+ Pisidium arcuatum Prime, 1852

3 more...

specimen image from publication Pisidium adamsi Prime = Euglesa adamsii

+ Cyclas nitida Mighels in Mighels & Adams, 1842

specimen image from publication Pisidium jamaicense Prime

+ Cyclas pygmaea Adams, 1849

+ Pisum adamsi Deshayes, 1855

specimen image from publication Pisidium variabile Prime = Euglesa variabilis

+ Cyclas nitida Linsley, 1845

+ Pisidium grande ‘Whittemore, in litt.’ Prime, 1865

specimen image from publication Pisidium virginicum Bourguignat = Pisidium dubium

+ Cyclas dubia Say, 1817

+ Cyclas (Phymesoda) equalis Rafinesque, 1820

+ Cyclas (Pisidium) abruptum Haldeman, 1841

specimen image from publication Sphærium partumeium Say = Sphaerium partumeium

+ Cyclas orbicularia Linsley, 1845

+ Cyclas mirabilis Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas coerulea Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas eburnea Prime, 1853

specimen image from publication Sphærium striatinum Lamarck = Sphaerium striatinum

+ Cyclas edentula Say, 1829

+ Cyclas cornea C.B. Adams, 1847

+ Cyclas albula Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas tenuistriata Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas acuminata Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas inornata Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas simplex Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas modesta Prime, 1852

specimen image from publication Sphærium sulcatum Lamarck = Sphaerium simile

+ Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818

+ Cyclas similis Say, 1817

+ Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820

+ Cyclas solida De Kay, 1843

+ Cyclas gigantea Prime, 1852

+ Cyclas ponderosa Prime, 1852

specimen image from publication Sphærium truncatum Linsley = Sphaerium partumeium

+ Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842

+ Cyclas pellucida Stimpson, 1851