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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Prime (1864): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prime, T. 1864. Notes on species of the family Corbiculadæ, with figures. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 8(3): 57-92. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 21 available nominal species attributed to this publication (35 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Batissa solidula Prime = Batissa lenticularis

Corbicula agrensis Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula blandiana nov. spec.

Corbicula brunnea Prime

Corbicula chemnitziana nov. spec. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula cor = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula crosseana nov. spec. = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula difficilis nov. spec. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula inaequilateralis Prime = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula japonica nov. spec.

Corbicula kirkii nov. spec. = Corbicula africana

Corbicula lamarckiana nov. spec.

Corbicula largillierti Deshayes

Corbicula leana nov. spec.

Corbicula leviuscula nov. spec.

Corbicula linneana nov. spec. = Corbicula lamarckiana

Corbicula lutea Morelet

Corbicula malaccana Deshayes = Corbicula malaccensis

Corbicula minor Prime

Corbicula mülleriana nov. spec. = Corbicula nitens

Corbicula parvula Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula pexata nov. pec. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula primeana Morelet, 1862 = Corbicula bocourti
+ Cyrena (Batissa) primei Morelet, 1862

Corbicula purpurea nov. spec. = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula rhomboidea Prime = Corbicula malaccensis

Corbicula sayana nov. spec. = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula solidula Prime

Corbicula striatella Deshayes
+ Corbicula violacea Prime, 1861

Corbicula subradiata Prime = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula sulcatina Deshayes = Corbicula largillierti

Corbicula venustula nov. spec. = Corbicula manilensis

Cyrena bernardiiana [sic] Prime = Geloina expansa

Cyrena cyprinaeformis Prime = Geloina oviformis

Cyrena ponderosa Prime

Cyrena proxima nov. spec. = Geloina expansa

Cyrena regularis Prime = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena siamica Prime = Geloina bengalensis

Pisidium nov-zelandicum [sic] Prime = Euglesa novaezelandiae