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{{Short description|Family of bivalves}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Diplodon (Diplodon) granosus granosus 004.jpg
| image_caption = External view of two [[valve (mollusc)|valves]] of ''[[Diplodon granosus]]''
| parent_authority = [[William John Swainson|Swainson]], 1840
| taxon = Hyriidae
| authority = Swainson, 1840
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''Hyriidae''' is a [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] [[family (biology)|family]] of pearly freshwater mussels, [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s in the order [[Unionida]]. This family is native to [[South America]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[New Guinea]].<ref name=CompBiv>{{cite book |author= Huber, Markus |year=2010 |title= 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 |publisher= ConchBooks |location= Hackenheim |pages= 901 pp. + CD |isbn= 978-3-939767-28-2}}</ref>  Like all members of that order, they go through a [[larva]]l stage that is [[parasitic]] on fish (see [[glochidium]]).
The classification recognized by Banarescu (1995)<ref name="Banarescu 1995">{{cite book |last=Banarescu |first=Petru |author-link=Petre Mihai Banarescu |title=Zoogeography of Fresh Waters. Volume 3: Distribution and dispersal of freshwater animals in Africa, Pacific Areas and South America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OlLxMwEACAAJ |year=1995 |publisher=AULA-Verlag |location=Wiesbaden |isbn=978-3-89104-483-4}}</ref> uses three subfamilies. This family contains eighteen [[genera]].
==Subfamilies and genera==
===Hyriinae===
Genera within the subfamily Hyriinae, from South America, include:
* ''[[Paxyodon]]''
* ''[[Castalina]]''
* ''[[Chevronaias]]''
; Tribe [[Castaliini]]
* ''[[Castalia (bivalve)|Castalia]]''
* ''[[Castaliella]]''
* ''[[Callonaia]]''
; Tribe [[Hyriini]]
* [[File:Prisodon obliquus 304146971.jpg|thumb|''[[Prisodon obliquus]]'' in [[Brazil]]]]''[[Prisodon]]''
* ''[[Triplodon]]''
; Tribe [[Rhipidodontini]]
* ''[[Diplodon]]''
===Cucumerunioninae===
Genera within the subfamily Cucumerunioninae, from Australasia, include:
* ''[[Echyridella]]''
* ''[[Cucumerunio]]''
* ''[[Hyridella]]''
* ''[[Virgus]]''
===Velesunioninae===
Genera within the subfamily Velesunioninae, from [[Australasia]], include:{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* ''[[Alathyria]]''
**''Alathyria jacksoni'', the river mussel (or black river mussel<ref name=sturt>{{cite web | title=Yerta Bulti (Port River and Estuary region) | website=[[City of Charles Sturt]] | date=26 August 2019 | url=https://www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au/community/arts,-culture-and-history/kaurna-culture/yertabulti | access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref>) occurs in [[South Australia]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.epa.sa.gov.au/files/8543_critters.pdf|page=28|title=Critter Catalogue: A guide to the aquatic invertebrates of South Australian inland waters.|isbn =1-876562-67-6|date=June 2004|first1 =Sam| last1=Wade| first2=Tracey| last2=Corbin| first3=Linda-Marie | last3=McDowell|others=Original illustrations by John Bradbury.|publisher=[[Environment Protection Authority (South Australia)]]}}</ref>
* ''[[Haasodonta]]''
* ''[[Lortiella]]''
* ''[[Microdonta (bivalve)|Microdonta]]''
* ''[[Velesunio]]''
* ''[[Westralunio]]''
==References==
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