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Publication Prime (1852): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prime, T. 1852. A monograph of the species of Pisidium, found in the United States of North America, with figures. Boston Journal of Natural History 6(3): 348-368, pls. 11-12. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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 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 arcuatum Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 364, pl. 12, figs. 14-16.

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 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 kurtzii Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 162.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 361, pl. 12, figs. 5-7.

Pisidium notatum Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 365, pl. 12, figs. 20-22.

Pisidium nucleolus Prime, 1852
‘Moricand, MS’ Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 368. [nomen nudum]

Pisidium obscurum Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 161.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 359.

Pisidium regulare Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 363, pl. 12, figs. 11-13.

Pisidium riseum Prime, 1852
‘Scholtz’ Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 368.
(error for Pisidium roseum Scholtz, 1843)

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 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 zonatum Prime, 1852
Prime, 1852. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 162.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 364, pl. 12, figs. 17-19.

 
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