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Publication Prime (1865): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prime, T. 1865. Monograph of the American Corbiculadae. (Recent and fossil). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (145). 80 pp. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula brasiliana Deshayes = Cyanocyclas brasiliana

Corbicula convexa Deshayes

Corbicula cuneata Deshayes = Cyanocyclas cuneata
+ Cyanocyclas globulus Prime, 1865
+ Corbicula incrassata Deshayes, 1854

Corbicula limosa Deshayes = Cyanocyclas limosa
+ Cyclas (Cyrena) variegata d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Corbicula semisulcata Deshayes, 1854

Corbicula moreauensis Meek & Hayden

Corbicula nebrascensis Meek & Hayden

Corbicula obsoleta Deshayes

Corbicula paranensis Deshayes = Cyanocyclas paranacensis
+ Cyclas (Cyrena) paranacensis d’Orbigny, 1835

Corbicula perplexa Prime = Cyanocyclas limosa

Corbicula rotunda Prime = Cyanocyclas rotunda

Corbicula truncata Prime

Cyrena acuta Prime = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena anomala Deshayes = Polymesoda anomala
+ Cyrena peruviana Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena arctata Deshayes = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena boliviana Philippi = Polymesoda boliviana

Cyrena californica [sic] Prime
+ Cyrena subquadrata Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena caroliniensis Lamarck = Polymesoda caroliniana
+ Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801

Cyrena colorata Prime

Cyrena cubensis Prime = Polymesoda floridana
+ Cyrena maritima d’Orbigny, 1853

Cyrena cumingii Deshayes

Cyrena floridana Conrad = Polymesoda floridana

Cyrena fontaineii Carpenter = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena fortis Prime = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena inflata Philippi = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena insignis Deshayes = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena isocardioides Deshayes = Polymesoda anomala

Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena meridionalis Prime = Polymesoda meridionalis

Cyrena mexicana Sowerby = Polymesoda mexicana
+ Cyrena fragilis Sowerby, 1878
+ Cyrena aequilatera Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrena varians Carpenter, 1857

Cyrena nitidula Deshayes = Polymesoda mexicana

Cyrena notabilis Deshayes = Polymesoda notabilis

Cyrena obscura Prime

Cyrena olivacea Carpenter = Polymesoda altilis
+ Cyrena fontainei Philippi, 1851

Cyrena ordinaria Prime = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena panamensis Prime = Polymesoda inflata
+ Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1854

Cyrena placens Hanley = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena pullastra Mörch = Polymesoda notabilis

Cyrena radiata Hanley = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena recluzii Prime = Polymesoda inflata
+ Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853

Cyrena regalis Prime = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena salmacida Morelet = Polymesoda salmacida

Cyrena solida Philippi = Polymesoda solida

Cyrena sordida Hanley

Cyrena triangula v. d. Busch
+ Cyrena altilis Gould, 1852

Cyrena triangula v. d. Busch = Polymesoda altilis

Cyrena tumida Prime = Polymesoda inflata
+ Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1854

Pisidium abditum Haldeman = Euglesa casertana
+ Cyclas minor Mighels & Adams, 1842
+ Pisidium tenellum Agassiz, 1850
+ Pisidium obscurum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium rubellum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium minus Stimpson, 1851
+ Pisidium kurtzii Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium zonatum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium regulare Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium notatum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium arcuatum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium resartum Prime, 1862
+ Pisidium rubrum Prime, 1862
+ Pisidium plenum Prime, 1862

Pisidium adamsi Prime = Euglesa adamsii
+ Cyclas nitida Mighels & Adams, 1842

Pisidium æquilaterale [sic] Prime = Euglesa equilateralis

Pisidium chilense Deshayes = Euglesa chilensis
+ Pisidium angulatum Prime, 1860

Pisidium compressum Prime = Euglesa compressa
+ Pisidium altile Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium cicer Prime, 1858

Pisidium compressum Prime = Euglesa variabilis

Pisidium consanguineum Prime = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

Pisidium ferrugineum Prime = Euglesa ferruginea

Pisidium jamaicense Prime
+ Cyclas pygmaea Adams, 1849
+ Pisum adamsi Deshayes, 1854

Pisidium nov-eboracense Prime = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium occidentale Newcomb = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium pulchellum Deshayes = Pisidium dorbignyi

Pisidium rotundatum Prime = Euglesa rotundata

Pisidium simile Prime

Pisidium ultramontanum Prime = Euglesa ultramontana

Pisidium variabile Prime = Euglesa variabilis
+ Cyclas nitida Linsley, 1845
+ Pisidium grande Prime, 1865

Pisidium ventricosum Prime = Euglesa ventricosa

Pisidium virginicum Bourguignat = Pisidium dubium
+ Cyclas dubia Say, 1817
+ Cyclas (Phymesoda) equalis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Cyclas (Pisidium) abruptum Haldeman, 1841

Sphærium argentinum d’Orbigny = Sphaerium argentinum

Sphærium aureum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium bahiense Spix = Eupera bahiensis
+ Cyclas maculata Anton, 1837

Sphærium barbadense Prime = Eupera barbadensis

Sphærium contractum Prime = Sphaerium transversum

Sphærium cubense Prime = Eupera cubensis

Sphærium dentatum Haldeman = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium elevatum Haldeman = Sphaerium partumeium
+ Cyclas pallida Prime, 1865

Sphærium elevatum Haldeman = Sphaerium ovale

Sphærium emarginatum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium fabalis Prime = Sphaerium fabale
+ Cyclas castanea Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas sulculosa Prime, 1865

Sphærium flavum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium jayanum Prime = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Cyclas jayensis Prime, 1852

Sphærium lenticula Gould = Sphaerium partumeium

Sphærium maculatum Morelet = Eupera singleyi

Sphærium meridionale Prime = Eupera meridionalis

Sphærium modioliforme Anton = Eupera modioliforme
+ Cyclas (Pisidium) diaphanum Haldeman, 1841
+ Pisidium moquinianum Bourguignat, 1854
+ Cyclas striatella Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas littoralis Prime, 1865
+ Cyclas venezuelensis Prime, 1865

Sphærium modioliforme Anton = Eupera bahiensis

Sphærium nobile Gould = Sphaerium patella

Sphærium occidentale Prime = Sphaerium occidentale
+ Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853

Sphærium partumeium Say = Sphaerium partumeium
+ Cyclas orbicularia Linsley, 1845
+ Cyclas mirabilis Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas coerulea Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas eburnea Prime, 1853

Sphærium parvulum Prime = Eupera parvula

Sphærium patella Gould = Sphaerium patella

Sphærium portoricense Prime = Eupera portoricensis

Sphærium rhomboideum Say = Sphaerium rhomboideum
+ Cyclas elegans Adams, 1840

Sphærium rosaceum Prime = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium securis Prime = Sphaerium securis
+ Cyclas cardissa Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas crocea Lewis, 1854

Sphærium solidulum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum
+ Cyclas distorta Prime, 1852

Sphærium sphæricum Anthony = Sphaerium securis

Sphærium spokani W. Baird = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium stamineum Conrad = Sphaerium striatinum
+ Cyclas furcata Prime, 1853
+ Cyclas bulbosa Prime, 1853

Sphærium striatinum Lamarck = Sphaerium striatinum
+ Cyclas edentula Say, 1829
+ Cyclas cornea C.B. Adams, 1847
+ Cyclas albula Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas tenuistriata Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas acuminata Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas inornata Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas simplex Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas modesta Prime, 1852

Sphærium subtransversum Prime = Sphaerium subtransversum

Sphærium sulcatum Lamarck = Sphaerium simile
+ Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyclas similis Say, 1817
+ Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Cyclas solida De Kay, 1843
+ Cyclas gigantea Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas ponderosa Prime, 1852

Sphærium tenue Prime = Sphaerium nitidum

Sphærium transversum Say = Sphaerium transversum
+ Cyclas detruncata Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas gracilis Prime, 1852
+ Cyclas constricta Prime, 1853

Sphærium triangulare Say = Sphaerium triangulare

Sphærium truncatum Linsley = Sphaerium partumeium
+ Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842
+ Cyclas pellucida Stimpson, 1851

Sphærium tumidum W. Baird = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium veatleyi C.B. Adams = Eupera veatleyi

Sphærium vermontanum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium viridante Morelet = Eupera viridantis