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Hyriinae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60694	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60694

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Hyriidae : Hyriinae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
-	Unioni	Gray 1854
-	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Unionida
suborder	Hyriidina	Hoeh 2009
superfamily	Hyrioidea	Swainson 1840
family	Hyriidae	Swainson 1840
subfamily	Hyriinae	Swainson 1840

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hyriinae	subfamily	belongs to Unionidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Hyriinae	subfamily	belongs to Hyriidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Hyriinae	subfamily	belongs to Hyriidae	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (46%)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 237 Ma
Triassic

Environment

freshwater (based on Unionida)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Castaliini tribe	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Cucumerunionini tribe	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Diplodontini tribe	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Hyridellini tribe	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Hyriini tribe	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Alathyria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Antediplodon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Diplodon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Hyria genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Hyridella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Lortiella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prisodon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Protohyridella genus	listed (PBDB)
Velesunio genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Westralunio genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Hyriinae Swainson
1942	Prisodontinae Modell
1980	Hyriinae Vokes p. 91
1990	Hyriinae Beu et al. p. 396
2010	Hyriinae Bouchet et al.
2011	Hyriinae Carter et al. p. 13

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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