Hyriidae


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. Like all members of that order, they go through a larval stage that is parasitic on fish.
The classification recognized by Banarescu uses three subfamilies. This family contains eighteen genera.

Subfamilies and genera

Hyriinae

Genera within the subfamily Hyriinae, from South America, include:
; Tribe Castaliini
; Tribe Hyriini
; Tribe Rhipidodontini
Genera within the subfamily Cucumerunioninae, from Australasia, include:
Genera within the subfamily Velesunioninae, from Australia, include:
from Australasia