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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini
genus Dromus Simpson, 1900: cladomics
1 Recent valid species (1 total species)
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Cladomics Summary
number of species = 1 (1 total)
analyzed in 18 cladograms in 11 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 1 (mean = 1, median = 1)
Cladograms
Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14
** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 631 | 92 | 26 | -- |
+-------- Potamilus_inflatus
+--------+
| | +----- Potamilus_ohiensis
| +--+
| | +-- Potamilus_amphichaenus
| +--+
+-----------------------------------+ +-- Potamilus_streckersoni
| |
| | +----- Potamilus_fragilis__2
| | +--------+
| | | | +-- Potamilus_leptodon
| | | +--+
| +--+ +-- Potamilus_fragilis__1
| |
| | +----------- Potamilus_metnecktayi
| | |
| +--+ +-------- Potamilus_alatus__3
| | |
| +--+ +----- Potamilus_alatus__2
--+ | |
| +--+----- Potamilus_purpuratus__2
| |
| | +-- Potamilus_alatus__1
| +--+
| +-- Potamilus_purpuratus__1
|
| +-- Villosa_villosa
| +-----------------------------------------------+
| | +-- Atlanticoncha
| |
| | +-- Cambarunio_nebulosus
| | +--------------------------------------------+
+--+ | +-- Ligumia
| |
| | +-------- Leaunio_umbrans
| | +-----------------------------------+
| | | | +----- Cambarunio_taeniatus
+--+ | +--+
| | | +-- Cambarunio_iris
| | +--+
| | +-- Cambarunio_simus
| |
| | +----------------------------------------- Hamiota
| | |
+--+ | +----------------------- Pachynaias
| | |
| | +--------------+ +-------------------- Sagittunio
| | | | |
| | | | | +----- Ellipsaria
| | | +--+ +-----------+
| | | | | | +-- Potamilus_capax
| | | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Truncilla
+--+ | +--+
| | | +----- Medionidus_acutissimus
| | | +--------+
| | | | | +-- Lemiox
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Medionidus_penicillatus
| | |
| | | +----------- Ptychobranchus
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__2
| | | +-----+
+--+ | | +-- Dromus_dromas **
| +--+
| | +----- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2
| +--+
| | +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1
| +--+
| +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1
|
| +-- Villosa_delumbis
| +--------------------------------+
| | +-- Villosa_vibex
| |
| | +-------------- Obovaria_olivaria
| | |
| | +-----------------+ +-- Venustaconcha
| | | | +--------+
| | | | | +-- Epioblasma
| | | +--+
| | | | +-------- Obovaria_retusa
+--+ | +--+
| | | +----- Obovaria_choctawensis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Obovaria_unicolor
| | +--+
| | +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
| |
| | +-- Mesonaias
| | +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
| | |
+--+ +--+ +-- Lampsilis_splendida
| | | +--------------------+
| | | | +-- Lampsilis_bracteata
| | | |
| | +--+ +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
| | | +-----------------+
| | | | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
| | +--+
| | | +----------------- Lampsilis_ornata
| | | |
| | +--+ +-------------- Lampsilis_ovata__2
| | | |
| | +--+ +----------- Lampsilis_dolabraeformis
| | | |
| | | | +----- Lampsilis_cardium__2
| | +--+ +--+
| | | | | +-- Lampsilis_cardium__1
+--+ | | +--+
| +--+ +-- Lampsilis_satura
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_cariosa__2
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_ovata__1
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cariosa__1
|
| +----------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina__2
| +--------------+
| | | +-------- Lampsilis_abrupta
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lampsilis_higginsii__2
| | +--+
| | | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina__1
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_higginsii__1
|
| +----- Medionidus_conradicus
| +-----------------+
| | | +-- Leaunio_lienosus
| | +--+
| | +-- Leaunio_vanuxemensis
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_floridensis
| +-----------------+
| | +-- Lampsilis_teres
| |
| | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea__1
+--+ |
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea__2
| +--------------+
| | +-- Lampsilis_powellii__1
| | |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_powellii__2
|
| +-------------- Lampsilis_sietmani
| |
+--+ +-- Lampsilis_straminea__2
| +--------+
| | +-- Lampsilis_virescens
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_hydiana__2
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis_hydiana__1
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_bergmanni
+--+
+-- Lampsilis_straminea__1
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006 [Publ 2672], fig. 1
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 47 | 22 | -- |
+-- Cyrtonaias
+--------------------------------+
| +-- Glebula
|
--+ +-------------------------------- Paetulunio
| |
| | +-- Obliquaria
+--+ +--------------------------+
| | +-- Toxolasma
| |
| | +-------------------------- Sagittunio
+--+ |
| | +----------- Potamilus
| | |
| | +-----------+ +-- Medionidus_conradicus
| | | | +-----+
+--+ | | | +-- Ptychobranchus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Medionidus_acutissimus
| | | |
| | +--+----- Lemiox
| | |
| | | +-- Dromus_dromas **
+--+ +--+
| +-- Cyprogenia
|
| +----- Lampsilis_teres
| +--------------+
| | | +-- Truncilla
| | +--+
| | +-- Ellipsaria
| |
+--+ +----------------- Leaunio
| |
| | +----------- Hamiota
| | |
| | +--+ +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
+--+ | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
| | +--+
| | | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_cardium
|
| +----- Venustaconcha
| +-----+
| | | +-- Obovaria
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Epioblasma
|
| +-------- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
| +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +-- Cambarunio
+--+
+-- Ligumia
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3309], fig. 1-2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 14 | 10 | -- |
+-------------- Potamilus_alatus | +-------------- Potamilus_capax | +-------------- Glebula | | +-- Toxolasma +-----------+ --+ +-- Paetulunio | | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +-----------+ | +-- Lemiox | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata | +--------+ | | +-- Obliquaria +--+ | +-------- Lampsilis_virescens | | +--+ +-- Epioblasma | +--+ | | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis +--+ | +-- Obovaria_olivaria +--+ +-- Venustaconcha
Roe, 2013 [Publ 3571], fig. 4
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | -- |
+----------- Obliquaria | --+----------- Lampsilis | | +-------- Medionidus +--+ | +----- Ptychobranchus +--+ | +-- Cyprogenia +--+ +-- Dromus_dromas **
Inoue et al., 2018 [Publ 3858], fig. 1_3a-c
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 10 | 7 | -- |
-- Dromus_dromas **
Serb et al., 2003 [Publ 2659], fig. 2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 5 | -- |
+----- Medionidus --+ | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +--+ +-- Cyprogenia
Serb, 2006 [Publ 2678], fig. 3
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+-------------------- Obliquaria | +-------------------- Lampsilis --+ | +----------------- Ptychobranchus | | +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__5 | +-----------+ | | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +--+ | +----------- Cyprogenia_aberti__4 | | +--+ +-------- Cyprogenia_aberti__3 | | +--+ +----- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2 | | +--+----- Cyprogenia_aberti__2 | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1 +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 42 | 22 | -- |
+----- Obliquaria
+--------+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
| +--+
| +-- Glebula
|
| +----------- Sagittunio
| |
| +----------- Leaunio
| |
| +----------- Potamilus
| |
| +----------- Hamiota
| |
| | +-- Ellipsaria
--+ +--------+
| | +-- Truncilla
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_teres
| +-----+
| | | +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
| | +----- Villosa
| +-----+
| | | +-- Ligumia
| | +--+
| | +-- Cambarunio
| |
+--+ +-------- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
+--+
| | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_ovata
|
| +-------- Obovaria_olivaria
| |
| +-------- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__2
+--+
| +-------- Epioblasma
| |
| | +----- Obovaria_unicolor
| +--+
| | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
| +--+
| +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
|
| +-- Ptychobranchus
| +-----+
| | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__1
| |
+--+ +----- Medionidus_conradicus
| |
| | +-- Lemiox
+--+--+
| +-- Medionidus_acutissimus
|
| +-- Dromus_dromas **
+--+
+-- Cyprogenia
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 [Publ 3309], fig. 3
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 14 | 10 | -- |
+----------------- Obliquaria | | +----- Potamilus --+ +--------+ | | | +-- Dromus_dromas ** | | +--+ +--+ +-- Lemiox | | +----------- Lampsilis_ovata | | +--+ +-------- Lampsilis_virescens | | +--+ +-- Epioblasma | +--+ | | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis +--+ | +-- Obovaria_olivaria +--+ +-- Venustaconcha
Grobler et al., 2011 [Publ 3359], fig. 2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 9 | -- |
+-------- Lemiox
+-----+
| | +----- Medionidus
| +--+
| | +-- Dromus_dromas **
| +--+
--+ +-- Cyprogenia
|
| +----------- Potamilus
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Lampsilis_higginsii
| | +--+
| | +-- Ortmanniana
| |
| | +----- Lampsilis_fasciola
+--+--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_ovata
|
| +-- Cambarunio
| |
+-----+-- Ligumia
|
+-- Epioblasma
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006 [Publ 2672], fig. 2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 47 | 22 | -- |
+-- Paetulunio
+-----------------------------------+
| +-- Toxolasma
|
| +----- Obliquaria
| +-----------------------------+
--+ | | +-- Glebula
| | +--+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
| |
| | +----- Ptychobranchus
| | +--+
+--+ | | +-- Dromus_dromas **
| | +--+
| +-----------------------+ +-- Cyprogenia
| | |
| | | +----- Medionidus_conradicus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Medionidus_acutissimus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Lemiox
|
| +----------------------------- Sagittunio
| |
| +----------------------------- Potamilus
| |
| | +-- Truncilla
+--+ +-----------------------+
| | +-- Ellipsaria
| |
| | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
| | +-----+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_fasciola
+--+ +--------------+
| | | +----- Lampsilis_ornata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
| | +--+
| | +-- Lampsilis_cardium
+--+
| +-- Ligumia
| +--+
| | +-- Cambarunio
| +--------------+
| | | +-- Lampsilis_teres
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Hamiota
|
| +----------------- Leaunio
| |
+--+ +-------------- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
| |
+--+ +----------- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
| |
+--+ +-------- Obovaria_olivaria
| |
| +-------- Venustaconcha
+--+
+-------- Epioblasma
|
| +----- Obovaria_unicolor
+--+
| +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
+--+
+-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
Serb & Barnhart, 2008 [Publ 2674], fig. 3
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+-------------------------- Lampsilis | --+ +----------------------- Obliquaria | | +--+ +-------------------- Ptychobranchus | | +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__6 | +--------------+ | | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +--+ | +-------------- Cyprogenia_aberti__4 | | +--+ +----------- Cyprogenia_aberti__3 | | +--+ +-------- Cyprogenia_aberti__5 | | +--+ +----- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2 | | +--+----- Cyprogenia_aberti__2 | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1 +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1
Serb, 2006 [Publ 2678], fig. 2
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+-------------- Obliquaria | | +-- Ptychobranchus +-----------+ --+ +-- Lampsilis | | +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__6 | +--------+ | | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +--+ | +-------- Cyprogenia_aberti__5 | | +--+ +----- Cyprogenia_aberti__4 | | | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1 +--+ | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2 | | +--+-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1 | +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__2 | +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__3
Serb et al., 2003 [Publ 2659], fig. 3
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 5 | -- |
+----- Medionidus --+ | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +--+ +-- Cyprogenia
Serb, 2006 [Publ 2678], fig. 4
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+-------------------- Obliquaria | +-------------------- Lampsilis --+ | +----------------- Ptychobranchus | | +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__5 | +-----------+ | | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +--+ | +----------- Cyprogenia_aberti__4 | | +--+ +-------- Cyprogenia_aberti__3 | | +--+ +----- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2 | | +--+----- Cyprogenia_aberti__2 | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1 +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1
Serb & Barnhart, 2008 [Publ 2674], fig. 4
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -- |
+----------------------- Obliquaria | +----------------------- Lampsilis --+ | +-------------------- Ptychobranchus | | +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__6 | +--------------+ | | +-- Dromus_dromas ** +--+ | +-------------- Cyprogenia_aberti__5 | | +--+ +----------- Cyprogenia_aberti__4 | | +--+ +-------- Cyprogenia_aberti__3 | | +--+ +----- Cyprogenia_stegaria__2 | | +--+----- Cyprogenia_aberti__2 | | +-- Cyprogenia_stegaria__1 +--+ +-- Cyprogenia_aberti__1
Campbell et al., 2005 [Publ 2660], fig. 1
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 42 | 22 | -- |
+-------- Toxolasma
+--------------------+
| | +----- Obliquaria
| +--+
| | +-- Cyrtonaias
| +--+
| +-- Glebula
|
| +-------------- Potamilus
| |
| | +-------- Medionidus_acutissimus
--+ | +--+
| +-----------+ | | +----- Lemiox
| | | | +--+
| | | | | +-- Dromus_dromas **
| | | | +--+
| | +--+ +-- Cyprogenia
| | |
| | | +-- Sagittunio
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Medionidus_conradicus
+--+ +-----+
| | +-- Ptychobranchus
| +--+
| +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__2
|
| +-- Ellipsaria
| +--------------------+
| | +-- Truncilla
| |
| | +-------------------- Villosa
+--+ |
| | +-- Obovaria_olivaria
| | +--------+
| | | +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis__1
| | +-----+
+--+ | | +-------- Epioblasma
| | +--+
| | | +----- Obovaria_unicolor
| | +--+
| | | +-- Obovaria_arkansasensis
| | +--+
| | +-- Obovaria_subrotunda
+--+
| +-------- Hamiota
| |
| +-----+ +-- Lampsilis_cardium
| | | +--+
| | | | +-- Lampsilis_ovata
| | +--+
| | | +-- Ortmanniana_pectorosa
+--+ +--+
| +-- Lampsilis_ornata
|
| +-- Ligumia
| +--------+
| | +-- Cambarunio
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
+--+
| +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
+-- Leaunio
Burlakova et al., 2019 [Publ 3899], fig. 1
| tT | bi | riS | oT | roT | roS | iD | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 25 | 17 | -- |
+----------------- Toxolasma | | +-------------- Potamilus | | | | +-- Ellipsaria | +-----------+ --+ | +-- Truncilla | | | | +----- Medionidus | +--------+ | | | +-- Lemiox | | +--+ +--+ +-- Dromus_dromas ** | | +----------- Cambarunio | | | +----------- Leaunio | | | +----------- Villosa | | | | +-- Sagittunio | +--------+ +--+ +-- Lampsilis_ovata | | +----- Venustaconcha +-----+ | | +-- Epioblasma | +--+ | +-- Obovaria | | +-------- Lampsilis_teres +--+ | +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea +--+ | +-- Lampsilis_hydiana +--+ +-- Lampsilis_straminea
