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

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This page documents data for Prime (1852), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

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.

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Attributed Genus Names

Englesia Prime, 1852
‘Leach’ Prime, 1852, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 348.
(error for Euglesia Leach, 1852)

Gallileja Prime, 1852
‘da Costa’ of Authors.
Prime, 1852, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 348.
Prime, 1865, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 59.
Prime, 1870, Amer. J. Conch. 5: 164.
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)

Physemoda Prime, 1852
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Prime, 1852, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 348.
Prime, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 267.
Prime, 1865, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 59.
(error for Phymesoda Rafinesque, 1820)

Attributed Species Names

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 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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium abditum Haldeman

Pisidium acutum Pf.

Pisidium adamsii Nobis
+ Cyclas nitida Mighels & Adams, 1842

Pisidium altile Anthony

Pisidium amnicum Jenyns
+ Cyclas palustris Draparnaud, 1806
+ Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818

Pisidium arcuatum Nobis. (Fossil).

Pisidium australe Pfeiffer

Pisidium casertanum Poli

Pisidium cinereum Alder

Pisidium compressum Nobis

Pisidium diaphanum Haldeman

Pisidium dubium Gould
+ Cyclas (Pisidium) abruptum Haldeman, 1841

Pisidium duplicatum Pfeiffer

Pisidium equale Rafinesque

Pisidium equilaterale Nobis

Pisidium ferrugineum Nobis

Pisidium gassiesianum Gassies

Pisidium henslowanum Jenyns
+ Cyclas appendiculata Turton, 1831

Pisidium kurtzii Nobis

Pisidium limosum Gassies

Pisidium minimum Studeman [sic]

Pisidium minus Stimpson
+ Cyclas minor Mighels & Adams, 1842

Pisidium nitidum Jenyns

Pisidium normandianum Dupuy

Pisidium notatum Nobis

Pisidium nucleolus Moricand

Pisidium obscurum Nobis

Pisidium obtusale Pfeiffer

Pisidium pfeifferi Ziegler
+ Pisidium inflatum Porro, 1838

Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns
+ Pisidium johannis McGillivray, unknown year
+ Pisidium fontinale Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Pisidium jenynsii Macgillivroy, 1843

Pisidium pusillum Jenyns

Pisidium regulare Nobis

Pisidium riseum [sic] Scholtz

Pisidium rotundatum Nobis

Pisidium semen Menke

Pisidium supinum Schmidt

Pisidium tenellum Gould
+ Pisidium rubellum Prime, 1852

Pisidium variabile Nobis

Pisidium ventricosum Nobis

Pisidium zonatum Nobis

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