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Publication Prime (1895): summary

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Prime, T. 1895. Catalogue of the species of Corbiculadae in the Collection of Temple Prime, now forming part of the Collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 62 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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)

Cyrena carolinensis Hanley, 1843 = Polymesoda caroliniana

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 93.
Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 78.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 108.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 19.
(error for Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801; error for Cyrena caroliniensis Lamarck, 1818)

Sphaerium cubanum Prime, 1870 = Eupera cubensis

Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 153.
“Prime” Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 48.
(error for Sphaerium cubense Prime, 1865)

Cyrena cypriniformis Prime, 1870 = Batissa species

Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 143.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 127.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 26.
(error for Cyrena cyprinaeformis Prime, 1861)

Pera henslowiana Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa henslowana

‘Leach’ of Authors.
Jenyns, 1832. Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 4: 308.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 91.
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291 [as ‘Pera henslowiana’].
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 169.
Clessin, 1874. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 13.
Clessin, 1874. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 19 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 60 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Dall, 1903. Trans. Wagner Free Inst. 3(6): 1463.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1297].
Kantor et al., 2010. Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 308 [as ‘Tellina henslowiana’].
(error for Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825)

There are 16 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Corbicula leviscula Prime, 1895 = Corbicula leviuscula

Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 10.
(error for Corbicula leviuscula Prime, 1867)

Cyrena mactriformis Prime, 1870 = cyrenid species

Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 145.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 237.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 29.
(error for Cyrena mactraeformis Prime, 1860)

Corbicula manillensis Prime, 1860 = Corbicula manilensis

‘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.
(error for Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844)

Sphaerium minervae Prime, 1895 = sphaeriid species

Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 45. [nomen nudum]

Corbicula nepeansis Prime, 1895 = Corbicula australis

Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 11.
(error for Cyrena nepeanensis Lesson, 1830)

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 novzealandicum Prime, 1895 = Euglesa novaezelandiae

Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 61.
(error for Pisidium novaezelandiae Prime, 1862)

Cyrena papuana Prime, 1870 = Geloina erosa

“Lesson” Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 146.
“Lesson” Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 26.
(error for Cyrena papua Lesson, 1830)

Pisidium septentrionale Prime, 1895 = sphaeriid species

Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 61. [nomen nudum]

Pisidium titicacense Prime, 1895 = sphaeriid species

Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 55. [nomen nudum]
(homonym of Pisidium titicacense Pilsbry, 1924)

Limosina viridans Prime, 1895 = Eupera viridantis

Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 47.
(new name for Sphaerium viridante Prime, 1865)

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