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Publication Prime (1861): summary

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Prime, T. 1861. Descriptions of new species of Cyrena, Corbicula and Sphaerium. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 125-128. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyrena agrensis Prime, 1861 = Corbicula striatella

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

Cyrena bernardiana Prime, 1861 = Geloina expansa

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.

Corbicula brunea Prime, 1861 = Corbicula species

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.
(error for Corbicula brunnea Prime, 1867)

Cyrena cyprinaeformis Prime, 1861 = Batissa species

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 125.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 88, fig. 37.

Corbicula erosa Prime, 1861 = Corbicula erosa

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 213, fig. 40.

There are 15 available nominal species attributed to this publication (17 total).

Corbicula inaequilateralis Prime, 1861 = Corbicula fluminalis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 128.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 80, fig. 30.

Cyrena laevis Prime, 1861 = Geloina nitida

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 125.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 233, fig. 64.

Corbicula minor Prime, 1861 = Corbicula species

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 80, fig. 29.

Corbicula notata Prime, 1861 = Corbicula manilensis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.

Corbicula parvula Prime, 1861 = Corbicula striatella

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 76, fig. 25.

Cyrena regularis Prime, 1861 = Geloina bengalensis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 90, fig. 38.

Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861 = Geloina bengalensis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126.
(renamed Cyrena siamica Prime, 1867)

Cyrena siamica Prime, 1867 = Geloina bengalensis

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 126 [as ‘siamensis’].
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 86, fig. 35.
(new name for Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861)

Corbicula solidula Prime, 1861 = Corbicula solidula

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 81, fig. 31.

Corbicula subradiata Prime, 1861 = Corbicula striatella

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 75, fig. 23.

Sphaerium vermontanum Prime, 1861 = Sphaerium striatinum

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

Corbicula violacea Prime, 1861 = Corbicula striatella

Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 127.

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