Temple Prime

Temple Prime (September 14, 1832, New York City – February 25, 1903, New York City) was an American amateur conchologist.

[1] He studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard University.

[2] He described several new species of the bivalve family Cycladidae.

[3][4][5] Prime was also an amateur genealogist, publishing several books on his own family history.

[6] Media related to Temple Prime at Wikimedia Commons