The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Dromus dromas

nominal species 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 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

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