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Publication Prime (1867): summary

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Prime, T. 1867. Notes on species of the family Corbiculadæ, with figures. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 8: 57-92, 213-237, 414-418. 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.

Corbicula bengalica Prime, 1867 = Corbicula striatella

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 220, fig. 52.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 128.
(new name for Corbicula bengalensis Deshayes, 1854)

Cyrena bernardiiana Prime, 1867 = Geloina expansa

‘Prime’ Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 83, fig. 33.
(error for Cyrena bernardiana Prime, 1861)

Corbicula blandiana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula blandiana

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 71, fig. 18.

Corbicula brunnea Prime, 1867 = Corbicula species

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

There are 36 available nominal species attributed to this publication (58 total).

Corbicula chemnitziana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula fluminea

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 60, fig. 5.

Cyrena chilina Prime, 1867 = Polymesoda fontainei

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 418.

Corbicula colonialis Prime, 1867 = Corbicula ducalis

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 416.

Corbicula consanguinea Prime, 1867 = Corbicula striatella

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 417.

Corbicula crosseana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula manilensis

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 72, fig. 20.

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 difficilis Prime, 1867 = Corbicula fluminalis

Prime, 1864. unknown publication: ??. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 62, fig. 7.

Corbicula ducalis Prime, 1860 = Corbicula ducalis

Prime, 1860. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 274.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 225, fig. 58.

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.

Cyrena exquisita Prime, 1867 = Polymesoda boliviana

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 417.

Cyrena germana Prime, 1867 = Polymesoda arctata

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 417.

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.

Corbicula insularis Prime, 1867 = Corbicula insularis

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 414, fig. 67.

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1867 = Corbicula japonica

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 68, fig. 15.

Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1867 = Corbicula africana

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 66, fig. 12.

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 lamarckiana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula lamarckiana

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 69, fig. 16.

Corbicula larnaudieri Prime, 1862 = Corbicula larnaudieri

Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 480, text fig.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 415, fig. 69.

Corbicula leana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula leana

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 68, fig. 14.

Corbicula leviuscula Prime, 1867 = Corbicula leviuscula

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 326, pl. 28, fig. 95.
Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 64, fig. 9.

Corbicula linneana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula lamarckiana

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 70, fig. 17.

Corbicula lydigiana Prime, 1861 = Corbicula lydigiana

Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 355.
Prime, 1862. J. de Conch. 10: 388, pl. 14, fig. 8.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 214, fig. 41.

Corbicula malaccana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula malaccensis

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 65, fig. 10.
(new name for Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1854)

Corbicula mallaccana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula malaccensis

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 65, fig. 10.

Corbicula mediocris Prime, 1862 = Corbicula striatella

Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 481.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 414, fig. 68.

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.

Cyrena moerchiana Prime, 1867 = cyrenid species

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 232, fig. 63 [as ‘mörchiana’].

Corbicula moreletiana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula moreletiana

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 416.

Corbicula muelleriana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula nitens

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 59, fig. 3 [as ‘mülleriana’].

Pisidium novaezelandiae Prime, 1862 = Euglesa novaezelandiae

Prime, 1862. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 3.
Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 17.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 91, fig. 39 [as ‘nov-zelandicum’].
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 61 [as ‘nov.-zealandicum’].

Pisidium novzelandicum Prime, 1867 = Euglesa novaezelandiae

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 91, fig. 39 [as ‘nov-zelandicum’].
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 171 [as ‘nov.-zelandicum’].
(error for Pisidium novaezelandiae Prime, 1862)

Velorita parvula Prime, 1867 = Villorita species

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 418.

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.

Corbicula pexata Prime, 1867 = Corbicula fluminea

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 57, fig. 1.

Corbicula pfeifferiana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula fluminea

Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 417.

Corbicula pisidiiformis Prime, 1867 = Corbicula lydigiana

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 215, fig. 42.

Cyrena ponderosa Prime, 1860 = cyrenid species

Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 80.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 87, fig. 36.

Batissa ponderosa Prime, 1860 = Batissa species

Prime, 1860. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 273.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 231, fig. 62.

Corbicula primeana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula bocourti

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 58, fig. 2.
(homonym of Corbicula primeana Mörch, 1861; new name for Cyrena (Batissa) primei Morelet, 1862)

Cyrena proxima Prime, 1867 = Geloina expansa

Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 6. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 85, fig. 34.

Corbicula purpurea Prime, 1867 = Corbicula fluminalis

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 77, fig. 26.

Corbicula quilonensis Prime, 1867 = Corbicula species

specimen image from publication ‘Benson, 1860’ Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 224, fig. 56.

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.

Corbicula rhomboidea Prime, 1860 = Corbicula malaccensis

Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 273.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 66, fig. 11.

Corbicula sayana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula manilensis

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 71, fig. 19.

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)

Batissa similis Prime, 1862 = Batissa similis

Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 112.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 229, fig. 60.

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.

Batissa solidula Prime, 1862 = Batissa violacea

Prime, 1862. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 3.
specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 82, fig. 32.

Corbicula stimpsoniana Prime, 1867 = Corbicula species

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 222, fig. 54.

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.

Corbicula venustula Prime, 1867 = Corbicula manilensis

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 73, fig. 21.

Corbicula vulgaris Prime, 1867 = Corbicula largillierti

specimen image from publication Prime, 1867. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 8: 223, fig. 55.

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