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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Dromus dromas

nominal species Unio caperatus Lea, 1845

Unio caperatus Lea, 1845 = Dromus dromas

Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 75, pl. 5, fig. 14.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84305, Clinch R., E. Tenn.

= Dromus dromas

Taxonomic Opinions

= Dromus dromas caperatus Lea — ITIS, 2012

+ Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Conchodromus dromas (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

= Dromus dromas-caperatus (Lea, 1845) — Frierson, 1927

= Dromus dromas caperatus (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925

= Dromus dromas caperatus (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924

= Dromus dromas caperatus (Lea, 1845) — Ortmann, 1918

= Dromus caperatus (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1914

= Dromus caperatus (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio caperatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio caperatus Lea — Lewis, 1871

= Margaron (Unio) caperatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio caperatus Lea, 1845 — Reeve, 1864

= Unio (Rotundaria) caperatus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio dromas Lea, 1834 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) caperatus (Lea) — Lea, 1852