Dromus dromas
Dromus dromas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Tribe: | Lampsilini
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Genus: | Dromus Simpson, 1900 |
Species: | D. dromas
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Binomial name | |
Dromus dromas (I. Lea, 1834)
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Synonyms[3] | |
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Dromus dromas, the dromedary pearlymussel or dromedary naiad, is a rare
This mussel is yellow-green in color with interrupted green rays on the shell. The nacre is white, pink, or reddish. The species got its name from the distinctive hump on the shell of larger individuals.[6] A "headwaters form," D. dromas form caperatus (Lea, 1845) has additionally been described.[6]: 9–10
This species lives in clear, clean, fast-flowing water. It cannot tolerate water of poor quality, for example, water with silt.[7]
Like other freshwater mussels, this species reproduces by releasing larvae called
This species was historically one of the most common mussels in the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.
Factors contributing to its decline include the
Between 2016 and 2019, mass die-offs of D. dromas, possibly attributable to viral diseases, occurred in the Clinch River population.[8]: 11
References
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- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ 41 FR 24062
- ^ a b c d e Ahlstedt, Steven (November 1983). Recovery Plan for the Dromedary Pearly Mussel: Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834), Dromus dromas form caperatus (Lea, 1845) (PDF) (Report). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ a b c NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Dromus dromas". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Dromedary Pearlymussel Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation" (PDF). Cookeville, Tennessee: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region Tennessee Ecological Services Field Office. 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Jones, J. W., et al. (2004). Life history and propagation of the endangered dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas) (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine J N Am Benthol Soc 23(3) 515-25.