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

conchologist Conchology, from Ancient Greek κόγχος (''kónkhos''), meaning "cockle (bivalve), cockle", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of mollus ...

. He studied under

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. He described several new species of the bivalve family Cycladidae. Prime was also an amateur genealogist, publishing several books on his own family history.

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Conchologists 1832 births 1903 deaths Scientists from New York City American genealogists American malacologists Historians from New York (state) {{US-zoologist-stub