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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae
6 genera
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 76-77.Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189.Iredale, 1943. Austral. Natural. 11: 87.Type genus: Propehyridella Cotton & Gabriel, 1932 = Hyridella
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 77.(name corrected to Cucumerunionidae Iredale, 1934)Type genus: Cucumerunio Iredale, 1934 = Cucumerunio
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 77 [as ‘Cucumerunionae’].Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 184.(correct name for Cucumeruniodae Iredale, 1934)Type genus: Cucumerunio Iredale, 1934 = Cucumerunio
McMichael, 1956. Nautilus 70(2): 42.McMichael, 1958. Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 85: 427.McMichael & Hiscock, 1958. Austral. J. Mar. Frwtr. Res. 9(3): 435.Type genus: Hyridella Swainson, 1840 = Hyridella