MolluscaBase taxon details
Dromus dromas (I. Lea, 1834)
857260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857260)
accepted
Species
Conchodromus dromas (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Dromus caperatus (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Dromus dromas caperatus (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Dromus dromas dromas (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Dromus dromus (I. Lea, 1837) · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Margarita (Unio) dromas (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) caperatus (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) dromas (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio abacoides Haldeman, 1846 · unaccepted
Unio caperatus I. Lea, 1845 · unaccepted
Unio dromas I. Lea, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Dromus dromas caperatus (I. Lea, 1845) accepted as Dromus dromas (I. Lea, 1834)
- Subspecies Dromus dromas dromas (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Dromus dromas (I. Lea, 1834)
(of Unio dromas I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 70, pl. 10 fig. 29 [details]
page(s): 70, pl. 10 fig. 29 [details]
Type locality contained in Tennessee
type locality contained in Tennessee [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dromus dromas (I. Lea, 1834). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857260 on 2025-03-30
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original description
(of Unio dromas I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 70, pl. 10 fig. 29 [details]
original description (of Unio caperatus I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 164 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 70, pl. 10 fig. 29 [details]
original description (of Unio caperatus I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 164 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | dromedary pearlymussel | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Unio abacoides. Haldeman, 1846. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3 (3): 75 - catalog no. 41153) (from synonym Unio abacoides Haldeman, 1846)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Unio dromus. Lea, 1834. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (Ser. 2) 5: 70-71 - catalog no. 41139) (from synonym Unio dromas I. Lea, 1834)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dromus dromas)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Unio caperatus Type USNM 84305) (from synonym Unio caperatus I. Lea, 1845)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Unio dromus. Lea, 1834. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (Ser. 2) 5: 70-71 - catalog no. 41139) (from synonym Unio dromas I. Lea, 1834)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dromus dromas)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Unio caperatus Type USNM 84305) (from synonym Unio caperatus I. Lea, 1845)
