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

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Publication Prime (1860): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prime, T. 1860. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 319-322. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Batissa compressa Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 320.

Batissa elongata Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 320.

Batissa fortis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 320.

Batissa fuscata Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 319.

Batissa gracilis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 319.

Batissa minor Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 320.

Batissa unioniformis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 319.

Corbicula cyreniformis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 41, pl. 2, fig. 5.

Corbicula maxima Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.

Corbicula ovalis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 31.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 42, pl. 2, fig. 6.

Corbicula regularis Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.

Corbicula tenuistriata Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 40, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Cyrena brunnea Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.

Cyrena flava Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 320.

Cyrena obscura Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 321.

Pisidium angulatum Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322.

Pisidium retusum Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322.

Sphaerium inconspicuum Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 43, pl. 2, fig. 7.

Sphaerium subtransversum Prime, 1860
Prime, 1860. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28: 322.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 52.
 
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