Hyriidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Superfamily: | Hyrioidea Swainson, 1840 |
| Family: | Hyriidae Swainson, 1840 |
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Hyriidae is a taxonomic family of pearly freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida. This family is native to South America, Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea.[1] Like all members of that order, they go through a larval stage that is parasitic on fish (see glochidium).
The classification recognized by Banarescu (1995)[2] uses three subfamilies. This family contains eighteen genera.
Subfamilies and genera
[edit | edit source]Hyriinae
[edit | edit source]Genera within the subfamily Hyriinae, from South America, include:
- Tribe Castaliini
- Tribe Hyriini
- Tribe Rhipidodontini
Cucumerunioninae
[edit | edit source]Genera within the subfamily Cucumerunioninae, from Australasia, include:
Velesunioninae
[edit | edit source]Genera within the subfamily Velesunioninae, from Australasia, include:[citation needed]
- Alathyria
- Alathyria jacksoni, the river mussel (or black river mussel[3]) occurs in South Australia.[4]
- Haasodonta
- Lortiella
- Microdonta
- Velesunio
- Westralunio
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