Alternative spelling: Dromiidea
Parent taxon: Dromiacea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa et al. 2011, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1926 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ameridromia, Cyamocarcinus, Dromiopsis, Eocarcinoidea, Eotrachynotocarcinus, Gemmellarocarcinus, Glaessneropsoidea, Glyptodynomene, Homolodromioidea, Konidromitoidea, Mesodromilites, Oonoton, Ovamene, Polycnemidium, Roemerus, Stephanometopon
Subtaxa: Diaulacidae Dromiidae Dynomenidae Xandarocarcinidae
Type: Dromia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Austria (1), Hungary (7), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Poland (3)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Italy (5), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Denmark (1), Italy (16), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: South Carolina)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (2), France (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), Colombia (1), Cuba (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Mexico (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: California, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 89 collections including 146 occurrences