# Hyriidae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hyriidae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hyriidae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyriidae > Source revision: 1354899164 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Family of bivalves Hyriidae External view of two valves of Diplodon granosus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Superfamily: Hyrioidea Swainson, 1840 Family: Hyriidae Swainson, 1840 Genera See text **Hyriidae** is a [taxonomic](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of pearly freshwater mussels, [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) in the order [Unionida](/source/Unionida). This family is native to [South America](/source/South_America), [Australia](/source/Australia), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) and [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea).[1] Like all members of that order, they go through a [larval](/source/Larva) stage that is [parasitic](/source/Parasitic) on fish (see [glochidium](/source/Glochidium)). The classification recognized by Banarescu (1995)[2] uses three subfamilies. This family contains eighteen [genera](/source/Genera). ## Subfamilies and genera ### Hyriinae Genera within the subfamily Hyriinae, from South America, include: - *[Paxyodon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paxyodon&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Castalina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castalina&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Chevronaias](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chevronaias&action=edit&redlink=1)* **Tribe [Castaliini](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castaliini&action=edit&redlink=1)** - *[Castalia](/source/Castalia_(bivalve))* - *[Castaliella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castaliella&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Callonaia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Callonaia&action=edit&redlink=1)* **Tribe [Hyriini](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyriini&action=edit&redlink=1)** - *[Prisodon obliquus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prisodon_obliquus&action=edit&redlink=1)* in [Brazil](/source/Brazil) *[Prisodon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prisodon&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Triplodon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triplodon&action=edit&redlink=1)* **Tribe [Rhipidodontini](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rhipidodontini&action=edit&redlink=1)** - *[Diplodon](/source/Diplodon)* ### Cucumerunioninae Genera within the subfamily Cucumerunioninae, from Australasia, include: - *[Echyridella](/source/Echyridella)* - *[Cucumerunio](/source/Cucumerunio)* - *[Hyridella](/source/Hyridella)* - *[Virgus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgus&action=edit&redlink=1)* ### Velesunioninae Genera within the subfamily Velesunioninae, from [Australasia](/source/Australasia), include:[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - *[Alathyria](/source/Alathyria)* - *Alathyria jacksoni*, the river mussel (or black river mussel[3]) occurs in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia).[4] - *[Haasodonta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haasodonta&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Lortiella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lortiella&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Microdonta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microdonta_(bivalve)&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Velesunio](/source/Velesunio)* - *[Westralunio](/source/Westralunio)* ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Hyriidae](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hyriidae). [Wikispecies](/source/Wikispecies) has information related to ***[Hyriidae](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Hyriidae)***. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-CompBiv_1-0)** 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-939767-28-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-939767-28-2). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Banarescu_1995_2-0)** [Banarescu, Petru](/source/Petre_Mihai_Banarescu) (1995). [*Zoogeography of Fresh Waters. Volume 3: Distribution and dispersal of freshwater animals in Africa, Pacific Areas and South America*](https://books.google.com/books?id=OlLxMwEACAAJ). Wiesbaden: AULA-Verlag. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-89104-483-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-89104-483-4). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sturt_3-0)** ["Yerta Bulti (Port River and Estuary region)"](https://www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au/community/arts,-culture-and-history/kaurna-culture/yertabulti). *[City of Charles Sturt](/source/City_of_Charles_Sturt)*. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wade, Sam; Corbin, Tracey; McDowell, Linda-Marie (June 2004). [*Critter Catalogue: A guide to the aquatic invertebrates of South Australian inland waters*](https://www.epa.sa.gov.au/files/8543_critters.pdf) (PDF). Original illustrations by John Bradbury. [Environment Protection Authority (South Australia)](/source/Environment_Protection_Authority_(South_Australia)). p. 28. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-876562-67-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-876562-67-6). Taxon identifiers Hyriidae Wikidata: Q3014510 Wikispecies: Hyriidae AFD: Hyriidae BOLD: 598 CoL: 7NHY7 EoL: 4752388 GBIF: 6001 iNaturalist: 85836 IRMNG: 110644 ITIS: 982990 NCBI: 96925 NZOR: 6a8fe4a3-128a-4c6a-8b4f-478804326dc4 Open Tree of Life: 262207 Paleobiology Database: 60693 WoRMS: 816176 Authority control databases: National Israel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hyriidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyriidae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyriidae?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.