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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): specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms (4 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Dromus dromas — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Serb & Barnhart (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Dromus dromas dromas — ITIS (2012)
Dromus dromas caperatus — ITIS (2012)

Range

Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

unknown

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_1506. (ND1: AY158750, go to Genbank) Clinch R., Hancock Co., Tennessee.

UAUC_3156. (16S: AY655033, COI: AY654993, ND1: JF326439, go to Genbank) Powell River, McDowell Shoal, Hancock Co. TN.