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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Dromus species Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834): synonymy 3 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers Unio dromas Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 70 [182], pl. 10, fig. 29. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_25852, Tennessee.
Dromus dromus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Serb (2006) Dromus dromas — Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025) — de Gregorio (1914) Conchodromus dromus [sic] — Haas (1930), Haas (1969) Conchodromus dromas — Thiele (1934), Haas (1969) Dromus dromas dromas — ITIS (2012) | |
Unio caperatus Lea, 1845
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 caperatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dromus dromas caperatus — Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ITIS (2012) Dromus dromas-caperatus — Frierson (1927) Conchodromus dromas — Haas (1969) Dromus dromas — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) | |
Unio abacoides Haldeman, 1846
Haldeman, 1846. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3(3): 75. Haldeman, 1846. Amer. J. Sci. 52(5): 274. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41153, [no locality available - North America].
Dromus caperatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dromus dromas-caperatus — Frierson (1927) Conchodromus dromas — Haas (1969) Dromus dromas — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) | |
Dromus dromus Simpson, 1900 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 615. Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 317. Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N452. Stansbery, 1970. Malacologia 10(1): 18. Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1066. Serb, 2006. J. Moll. Studies 72: 427. (error for Unio dromas Lea, 1834)
Dromus dromas — Simpson (1914) Conchodromus dromas — Haas (1969) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Dromus dromus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Serb (2006) Dromus caperatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Dromus dromas — Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025) — de Gregorio (1914) Dromus dromas caperatus — Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ITIS (2012) Dromus dromas-caperatus — Frierson (1927) Conchodromus dromus [sic] — Haas (1930), Haas (1969) Conchodromus dromas — Thiele (1934), Haas (1969) Dromus dromas dromas — ITIS (2012)
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