678 REPORT— 1863. 



iJSl. Unio Oregone^sisjlien. [Comp.5S4.] 

 484. Marffaritana margaritifera, Lea. 



[Linn.] 

 494. Anodonta angulata, Lea. 



499. Anodonta Californiensis, Lea. 



531. Anodonta NuttalUana, Lea. 



534. Anodonta Oregonensis, Lea. 



551. Anodonta Wahlamatensis, Lea. 



Besides these, 36 species of Unio and Anodonta are assigned to Mexico 

 and Central America in a separate list ; but no distinction is indicated be- 

 tween the Pacific and the Atlantic slope of the mountain-range. 



119. At the request of the Smithsonian Institution, Mr. Temple Prime, of 

 New York, well known for his special devotion to this department, has con- 

 sented to prepare a Manual of the Cjrrenidse inhabiting American waters. 

 AU the accessible materials from the West Coast are in his hands for exami- 

 nation. The first part of his " Monograph of the Species of Sphcerium of 

 North and South America" is printed in the * Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Phil.' 1861, 

 pp. 402 et seq., and contains quotations of five species, nos. 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 

 with synonymy, from Washington Ter., Oregon, and California. He has 

 kindly (in advance of his intended pubUoations) furnished to Mr. W. G. Bin- 

 ney the following MS. " Synopsis of the Corbioulidse of the West Coast of 

 North America," with liberty to publish in this Eeport. It is here condensed, 

 with synonyms and references, in the nomenclature of the writer. 



Mr. Prime's List of West Worth-American Corbioulidse* [Cyrenidse]. 



1. Corbicula eonue^a, Desh., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 342,= C. ?;enfo-«cosa, Pr. MS. Mazatlan. 



2. Cyrena radiata, Hani., P. Z. S. 1844, p. 159. Realejo. 



3. Cyrena solida, Phil., Abbild. 1846, p. 78, pi. 15. f. 9. Nicaragua ; Belize. 



4. Cgrena triangida, V. de Busch, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 78, pi. 2. f. 3,= C. altilis, Gld., 



Bost. Pr. 1852, p. 400, pi. 16. £ 5 his,= C. Mexicana, pars, Maz. Oat., no. 165 

 (= C varians, cat.prov.). Mazatlan. 



5. Cyrena insignis, Desh., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 20 ; II. Conch. 1861, p. 89, pi. 2. f. 2. 



California. 



6. Cyrena oUvacea, Cpr., Maz. Cat., no. 164,= C. Fontainei, Desh., MS. (non D'Orb., 



B. M. Cat. no. 253). Mazatlan. 



7. Cyrena acuta, Pr., 111. Conch. 1862, p. 887, pi. 14. f. 1. Centr. America. 



8. Cyrena Mexicana, Sby.,Zool. II. 1829, p. 864 [Maz. Cat., no. 165 = ]C. varians, 



cat. prov. pars, -\- C. fragilis, Desh. MS. -j- C. tsquilateralis, Desh., P. Z. S. 

 1854, p. 20. Mazatlan. 



9. Cyrena Californica, Pr., Proc. A. N. S. Phil. 1860, p. 276,= C. sid)quadrata, 



Desh., P.'Z. S. 1854, p. 21 (nnm. preoc). California. 



10. Cyrena Panamensis, Pr., Proc. A. N. S. Phil. 1860, p. 283, = C. injiata, Desh., 



P. Z. S. 1854, p. 23 (nom. preoc). Panama. 



11. Cyrena Recluzii, Pr., = C. cordiformis. Reel., II. Conch. 1853, p. 251, pi. 7. f, 9 



(nom. preoc). Centr. America. 



12. Cyrena Cuyiingii, Desh., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 22. Centr. America. 



13. Cyrena tumida, Pr.,= C. angulata, Desh., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 22 (nom. preoc). 



Centr. America. 



14. Cyrena pullast7-a, Morch, Mai. Bl. 1860, p. 194. Realejo. 



15. Cyrena maritima, C. B. Ad., Pan. Sh., no. 451. Panama. 



16. Cyrena sordida, Hani, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 159. Central America. 



17. Sphcerium triangulare,Sa,y (Cyclas 1), New Harm. Dissem. 1829,p.356. Mexico. 



18. Sphesriu7nstriatinu7n,ljSi,m. (Cyclass.),Aa.s.Yett. vol. v. p. 560, 1818 = C.eden- 



tula, Say, loc. cit.v- 2, = C. cornea (Lam), 0. B. Ad., Cat., 1847,= C. albuh, 

 Pr., Bost. Proc. 1851, p.l55,-|- C. temneiriata, Pr., p. 156, -f C. animinata, 

 Pr., p. 158,-1- C. tnm-nata, Pr.,-|- C. simplex, Px.,-\. C. modesta,Vv., p. 159. Hab. 

 N. York to Alabama, Connecticut to Illinois ; Hell-gate River, W. T. 



19. >^A«n«mcfejjfo<Mm,Hald. (Cyete rf.), Proc. A.N. S.Phil. 1841 p. ioo. Oregon. 



_ * The name CorhicnJa, having been first given to a species, and being itsdf a diminu- 

 tive, is scarcely fitted to displace long-used generic appellations in marking the family- 

 group. 



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