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Publication Prime (1862): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prime, T. 1862. List of the known species of Pisidium, with their synonymy. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7: 94-103. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium amplum Prime, 1862
‘Ingals MSS. 1855’ Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 94. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas (Pisidium) abditum Haldeman, 1841)

Pisidium plenum Prime, 1862
‘Lewis MSS 1855’ Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 94. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas (Pisidium) abditum Haldeman, 1841)

Pisidium resartum Prime, 1862
‘Ingals MSS. 1855’ Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 94. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas (Pisidium) abditum Haldeman, 1841)

Pisidium rubrum Prime, 1862
‘Lewis MSS 1855’ Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 94. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Cyclas (Pisidium) abditum Haldeman, 1841)

Pisidium sulcatum Prime, 1862
“Parr. MSS.” Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: 95. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Tellina amnica Müller, 1774)

Sphaerium ddingoii Prime, 1862
Prime, 1862. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 7: ??.
Bourguignat, 1864. Mal. Alg. 2: 274, pl. 17, figs. 1-9.

Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium abditum Hald. = Euglesa casertana
+ Cyclas minor Mighels & Adams, 1842
+ Pisidium minus Stimpson, 1851
+ Pisidium obscurum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium kurtzii Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium zonatum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium regulare Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium notatum Prime, 1852
+ Pisidium amplum Prime, 1862
+ Pisidium resartum Prime, 1862
+ Pisidium rubrum Prime, 1862
+ Pisidium plenum Prime, 1862

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

Pisidium amnicum Jen.
+ Tellina rivalis Maton, 1797
+ Tellina striata Schröter, 1779
+ Cyclas palustris Draparnaud, 1806
+ Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818
+ Pera fluviatilis Leach, 1852
+ Pera henslowiana Jenyns, 1832
+ Pisidium inflatum Porro, 1838
+ Pisidium pfeifferi Porro, 1838
+ Pisidium grateloupianum Normand, 1844
+ Pisidium intermedium Gassies, 1855
+ Pisidium sulcatum Prime, 1862

Pisidium amnicum Jen. = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium amnicum Jen. = Euglesa henslowana

 
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