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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

genus Dromus Simpson, 1900: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Dromus Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 614.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 341.
(homonym of Selby, 1840 [Aves]; renamed Dromas Lindahl, 1906; renamed Conchodromus Haas, 1930)
Type species: Unio dromas Lea, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Dromus dromas

Dromas Lindahl, 1906
Lindahl, 1906. J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 20: 239.
(homonym of Paykull, 1805 [Aves]; new name for Dromus Simpson, 1900)

Conchodromus Haas, 1930
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 317.
(new name for Dromus Simpson, 1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

DromusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), ... Burlakova et al. (2019), Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
ConchodromusHaas (1930), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)

 
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