Decanet taxon details
Dromilites Bell, 1858 †
1594324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1594324)
accepted
Genus
Dromia bucklandii H. Milne Edwards, 1837 † accepted as Dromilites bucklandii (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) † (type by subsequent designation)
Dromilite H. Milne Edwards, 1837 † · unaccepted > nomen nudum (also vernacular name)
- Species Dromilites belli Van Bakel, Robin, Charbonnier & Saward, 2017 †
- Species Dromilites bucklandii (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) †
- Species Dromilites cardwelli Armstrong, Nyborg, Bishop, Ossó-Morales & Vega, 2009 †
- Species Dromilites montenati Robin, Van Bakel, Pacaud & Charbonnier, 2016 †
- Species Dromilites simplex Quayle & Collins, 1981 †
- Species Dromilites vicensis Barnolas Cortinas, 1973 †
- Species Dromilites alpina Glaessner, 1930 † accepted as Mclaynotopus alpina (Glaessner, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites americana Rathbun, 1935 † accepted as Hyphalocarcinus americana (Rathbun, 1935) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites eotvoesi Müller, 1975 † accepted as Lucanthonisia eotvoesi (Müller, 1975) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites fossata Müller & Collins, 1991 † accepted as Dromia fossata (Müller & Collins, 1991) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites koberi Bachmayer & Tollmann, 1953 † accepted as Kromtitis koberi (Bachmayer & Tollmann, 1953) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites lamarckii (Desmarest, 1817) † accepted as Basinotopus lamarckii (Desmarest, 1817) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites lothi Förster & Mundlos, 1982 † accepted as Kromtitis lothi (Förster & Mundlos, 1982) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites pastoris Vía Boada, 1959 † accepted as Basidromilites pastoris (Vía Boada, 1959) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites pustulosus Reuss, 1845 † accepted as Polycnemidium pustulosus (Reuss, 1845) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites subglobosa Müller & Collins, 1991 † accepted as Dromia subglobosa (Müller & Collins, 1991) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites Succini Noetling, 1885 † accepted as Noetlingocarcinus succini (Noetling, 1885) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dromilites Ubaghsii Van Binkhorst, 1857 † accepted as Binkhorstia ubaghsii (Van Binkhorst, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Bell, T. (1858). A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain. Part I. Crustacea of the London Clay. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, London.</em> 10[for 1856]: i-viii, 1-44, pls. 1-11. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Dromilites Bell, 1858 †. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1594324 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Bell, T. (1858). A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain. Part I. Crustacea of the London Clay. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, London.</em> 10[for 1856]: i-viii, 1-44, pls. 1-11. [details] 
original description (of Dromilite H. Milne Edwards, 1837 †) Milne Edwards, H. (1837). [Description de la Dromilite]. <em>L'Institut. 1re Section. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 5e Année.</em> 217: 255. [details]
original description (of Dromilite H. Milne Edwards, 1837 †) Milne Edwards, H. (1837). [Description de la Dromilite]. <em>L'Institut. 1re Section. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 5e Année.</em> 217: 255. [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority The genus has often been credited to H. Milne Edwards, 1837 but the name is a nomen nudum and a vernacular name from that paper. The descriptive text in Bell (1858) is Bell's not H. Milne Edwards'. [details]