Family Hyriidae Swainson 1840 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Hyriidae

Synonym: Propehyridellidae Iredale 1934

Parent taxon: Hyrioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Healy 1998

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Callonaia Castalia Hyriinae Propehyridella Velesunioninae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (4)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (4), Peru (5)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (2)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Australia (1)

• Jurassic of Uruguay (1)

• Triassic of New Zealand (1), United States (3: Arizona, New Mexico)

Total: 28 collections including 33 occurrences

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