NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 267 



Synonymy of the Cyclades, a family of Acephalous Mollusca. Part 1. 



BY TEMPLE PRIME. 



Family CYCLAS, Fer. 



Genera. 



Galatea, Brug. 

 Pectunculus, Lister. Venus, Chemn. Donax, Perry. Tellina, Dillwyn. 

 Chama, Favanne. Egeria, De Roissy. Megadesma, Bowditch. Potamophila. 

 Sowerby. Galateola, Fleming. Trigona, Schum. 



Glauconome, Gray. 

 Solen, Linn. Glauconomya, Bronn. 



Cyprina, Lamk. 

 Pectunculus, Lister. Cardia, Olafsen. Venus, Linn. Arctica, Schum. 



Velokita, Gray. 1834. 

 Cyrena, Valenc. 1838. 



Coebicula, Megerle. 1811. 

 Tellina, Miiller, 1774. Venus, Chemn. 1782. Cyclas, Brug. 1792. Cym.o. 

 Lamk., 1818. Venulites, Schl., 1820. 



Cyrena, Lamk. 1818. 

 Venus, Chemn., 1769. Cyclas, Brug., 1792. Cyanocyclas, Fer., 1818. Poly- 

 mesoda, Rafin., 1820. Mactra, Brongt., 1823. Geloina, Gray, 1844. 



Batissa, Gray. 1854. 

 Cyprina, Cyclas, Brug., 1792. Cyrena, Lamk. 1818. 



SphvErium, Scopoli. 



Pectunculus, Lister, 1685. Musculus, Gualt. 1742. Tellina, Linn., 175b. 

 Sphcerium, Scop., 1777. Cardium, Da Costa, 1778. Cyclas, Brug., 1792. Nux. 

 Humphr. 1797. Muscidium, Link. 1807. Cornea, Pisum, Megerle. 1811. 

 Corneocy clas, Fer., 1818. Amesoda, Rafin., 1820. . Pisidium, Verany, 1846. 

 Cycladites, Krug, 1848. 



Pisidium, Pf. 1821. 

 Pectuncidus, List., 1685. Musculus, Gualt., 1742. Tellina, Miiller, 1774. 

 Sphasrium, Scop. 1777. Cardium, Poli. 1791. Cyclas, Lamk. 1818. Pern. 

 Euglesia, Cordula, Leach, 1820. Physemoda, Raf., 1820. Gallileja, Da Costa. 

 1839. Pisum, Gray, (non Megerle), 1847. Muscidium, Gray, (non Link>. 

 1851. 



Species.* 

 Velorita, Gray. 



1. V. Cyprinoides, Gray. Grif. Cuvier, pi. 31, f. v. 1834. 



Cyrena Cyprinoides, Gray. Ann. Phy. n. ser. ix. 136. 1825. 

 C. recurvata, Valenc. Mag. Zool. pi. 119, f. 2. 1838. 

 C. Gaudichaudii, Valenc. Loc. sub. cit. pi. 119, f. 2. 1838. 

 Hab. Philippines. 



Corbicula, Megerle. 

 1. C. a c u t a n g u 1 a r i s , Desh. 



Cyrena acutangularis, Desh. Inv. Par. 517, pi. 38, f. 17, 18. 1857. 

 Hab. France, (fossil.) 



*The synonymy of the species of Galatea, Glauconome and Cyprina, will be given at 

 some future period ; that of the species of Batissa and Pisidium will be found in the 

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