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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Prime (1865): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationPrime, T. 1865. Monograph of the American Corbiculadae. (Recent and fossil). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (145). 80 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesCorbicula perplexa Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 75, fig. 84. | |
Cyanocyclas globulus Prime, 1865 ‘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) | |
Cyclas aequalis Lamarck, 1835 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) | |
Cyclas aurea Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 159. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 283.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 35, fig. 26. | |
Cyclas emarginata Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 156. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 283.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 43, fig. 38. | |
Cyclas fabalis Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 159. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 273.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 40, fig. 33. | |
Cyclas flava Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 155. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 284.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 43, fig. 39. | |
Cyclas fuscata Prime, 1860 ‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 292. ‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 38. (error for Cyclas furcata Prime, 1853) | |
Cyclas littoralis Prime, 1865 ‘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) | |
Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856 ‘Prime’ Lewis, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6(1): 2.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 41, fig. 34. ‘Prime’ Lewis, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 109. (new name for Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853) | |
Cyclas pallida Prime, 1865 ‘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] | |
Cyclas rosacea Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 155. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 277.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 50, fig. 48. | |
Cyclas saratogea Prime, 1865 ‘Lamarck’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 34. (error for Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818) | |
Cyclas securis Prime, 1852 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.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 49, fig. 47. | |
Cyclas solidula Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 158. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 282.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 36, fig. 27. | |
Cyclas sphaerica Prime, 1853 ‘Anthony’ Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 275 [as ‘sphærica’].
‘Anthony’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 50, fig. 49. | |
Cyclas striatella Prime, 1865 ‘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) | |
Cyclas sulculosa Prime, 1865 ‘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 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 161. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 285.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 47, fig. 44. | |
Cyclas venezuelensis Prime, 1865 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) | |
Cyrena californica Prime, 1865 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
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 30, fig. 23. | |
Cyrena cubensis Prime, 1865 Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 29. (new name for Cyrena maritima d’Orbigny, 1853) | |
Cyrena meridionalis Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 19, fig. 14. | |
Cyrena ordinaria Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 19, fig. 15. | |
Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 24, fig. 19. (new name for Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853) | |
Cyrena regalis Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 18, fig. 13. | |
Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865 Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 26. (new name for Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1854) | |
Pisidium adamsii Stimpson, 1851 ‘Prime, MS’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16. Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 352, pl. 11, figs. 1-3.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63, fig. 63. (new name for Cyclas nitida Mighels & Adams, 1842) | |
Pisidium aequilaterale Prime, 1865 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 ‘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] | |
Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852 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.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 64, figs. 67-68. | |
Pisidium consanguineum Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 76, fig. 86. | |
Pisidium equilaterale Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 366, pl. 12, figs. 23-25.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63, figs. 65-66 [as ‘æquilaterale’]. | |
Pisidium ferrugineum Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 162. Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 362, pl. 12, figs. 8-10.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 71, figs. 77-78. | |
Pisidium grande Prime, 1865 ‘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
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 70, fig. 76. | |
Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858 Prime, 1858. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 6: 65, pl. 1, figs. 3a-c.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 67, fig. 71. | |
Pisidium rotundatum Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 164. Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 357, pl. 11, figs. 19-21.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 72, figs. 81-82. | |
Pisidium simile Prime, 1863 Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 15.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 69, fig. 74. | |
Pisidium ultramontanum Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 75, fig. 85. | |
Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852 Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 163. Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 351, pl. 11, figs. 7-9.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 66, figs. 69-70. | |
Pisidium ventricosum Prime, 1851 Prime, 1851. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 68. Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 355, pl. 11, figs. 16-18.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 72, figs. 79-80. | |
Pisidium virginicum Prime, 1865 ‘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 barbadense Prime, 1861 Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 415.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 53, fig. 53. | |
Sphaerium contractum Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 48, fig. 46. | |
Sphaerium cubense Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 58, fig. 60. | |
Sphaerium jayanum Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 46, fig. 43. (new name for Cyclas jayensis Prime, 1852) | |
Sphaerium meridionale Prime, 1861 Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 414.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 55, fig. 54. | |
Sphaerium parvulum Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 57, fig. 58. | |
Sphaerium portoricense Prime, 1861 Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 415.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 56, fig. 57. | |
Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860 Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322. Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 52. | |
Sphaerium vermontanum Prime, 1861 Prime, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 128.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 42, fig. 37. | |
Sphaerium viridante Prime, 1865
‘Morelet’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 57, fig. 59. (renamed Limosina viridans Prime, 1895) | |
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