Hyriidae

Hyriidae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Superfamily:	Hyrioidea; Swainson, 1840
Family:	Hyriidae; Swainson, 1840
Genera
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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[]

Genera within the subfamily Hyriinae, from South America, include:

Genera within the subfamily Cucumerunioninae, from Australasia, include:

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]
Velesunio
Westralunio

^ Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 901 pp. + CD. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2.
^ Banarescu, Petru (1995). Zoogeography of Fresh Waters. Volume 3: Distribution and dispersal of freshwater animals in Africa, Pacific Areas and South America. Wiesbaden: AULA-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89104-483-4.
^ "Yerta Bulti (Port River and Estuary region)". City of Charles Sturt. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ Wade, Sam; Corbin, Tracey; McDowell, Linda-Marie (June 2004). Critter Catalogue: A guide to the aquatic invertebrates of South Australian inland waters (PDF). Original illustrations by John Bradbury. . p. 28. ISBN 1 876562 67 6.