| Hyriidae | |
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| Diplodon granosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Paleoheterodonta |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Hyriidae |
| Genera | |
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See list for subfamilies and genera. |
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Hyriidae is a family of pearly freshwater mussels in the order Unionoida 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 (1990) [1]uses three subfamilies. This family contains eighteen genera.
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from South America
from Australia
from Australasia