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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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genus Dromus Simpson, 1900: nominal genera
     1 valid 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), ..., Klymus et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
de Gregorio (1914)
ConchodromusHaas (1930), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)

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