Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
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Taxonomy
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The Family Hyriidae is a member of the Superfamily Unionacea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Hyriidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Hyriidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (3): Hyridellinae · Hyriinae · Velesunioninae
- Genus (17): Alathyria · Castalia · Castalina · Cucumerunio · Diplodon · Diplodontites · Hyria · Hyridella · Paxyodon · Physunio · Pilsbryconcha · Prisodon · Schistodesmus · Trapezoideus · Triplodon · Unio · Velesunio
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 69 species and subspecies in the Family Hyriidae.
Genera
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Alathyria
Castalia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Castalina
Cucumerunio
Diplodon
Diplodon is a genus of freshwater pearly , an aquatic bivalve in the Hyriidae family. [more]
Diplodontites
Hyria
Hyridella
Paxyodon
Physunio
Pilsbryconcha
Prisodon
Schistodesmus
Trapezoideus
Triplodon
Unio
Unio can refer to: [more]
Velesunio
At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Velesunio.
More info about the Genus Velesunio may be found here.
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