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Publication Prime (1860): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prime, T. 1860. Synonymy of the cyclades, a family of acephalous Mollusca. Part I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 267-301. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

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

Batissa inflata Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 320.

Corbicula brunnea Prime, 1867
‘in litt. 1860’ Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 269. [nomen nudum]
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 67, fig. 13.

Corbicula gracilis Prime, 1862
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 270. [nomen nudum]
Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 389, pl. 14, fig. 7.

Corbicula manillensis Prime, 1860
‘Philippi’ of Authors.
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 271.
Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 4.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 133.
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 187.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 13.

Corbicula rhomboidea Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 273.
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 66, fig. 11.

Cyclas fuscata Prime, 1860
‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 38.

Cyrena agrensis Prime, 1861
‘Kurr.’ Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 268. [nomen nudum]
Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 128.
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 75, fig. 24.

Cyrena californiensis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 276.

Cyrena mactraeformis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 281 [as ‘mactræformis’].

Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 283.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 40.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula acutangularis Desh., 1857

Corbicula africana Adams
+ Cyrena gauritziana Krauss, 1848

Corbicula agrensis Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula alpina Prime
+ Cyrena alpina Bourguignat, 1854

Corbicula ambigua Desh.

Corbicula amygdalina Desh.

Corbicula angusta Desh.

Corbicula antiqua Prime

Corbicula arnoudii Prime

Corbicula arveniensis Desh.
+ Cyrena pisum Bouillet, 1836

Corbicula australis Desh.

Corbicula bengalensis Desh. = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula bensoni Desh.

Corbicula bouilletii Desh.
+ Cyrena depressa Lamarck, 1818

Corbicula brasiliana Adams = Cyanocyclas brasiliana

Corbicula breviuscula Desh.

Corbicula britannica Desh.
+ Cyclas deperdita Deshayes, 1824
+ Cyrena subdeperdita Morris, 1843

Corbicula brunnea In litt. 1860’

Corbicula cashmiriensis Desh., 1854

Corbicula chilensis Prime = Euglesa chilensis

Corbicula compressa Mousson = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula consobrina Adams & Adams, 1857

Corbicula compressa Mousson = Corbicula rivalis

Corbicula convexa Desh., 1854

Velorita cyprinoides Gray = Villorita cyprinoides
+ Cyrena recurvata Eydoux, 1838
+ Cyrena gaudichaudii Valenciennes, 1838

Velorita cyprinoides Gray = Corbicula recurvata
 
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