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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae

tribe HYRIINI Swainson, 1840: syonymy
     2 genera

HYRIINI Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268, 282, 287, 379 [as ‘Hyrinæ’ and ‘Hyrianæ’].
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 115 [as ‘Hyriinæ’].
Ortmann, 1911. Nautilus 24(9): 130.
(correct name for Hyrinae Swainson, 1840)
Type genus: Hyria Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon

HYRIINI Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 379.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 43.
Type genus: Hyria Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon

HYRIDININI Carpenter, 1861
Carpenter, 1861. Lectures on the Mollusca: ??.
Type genus: Hyria Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon

PRISODONTINI Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 174.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 17, 23.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 80.
Type genus: Prisodon Schumacher, 1817 = Prisodon

HYRINI Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268, 282.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 103.
(name corrected to Hyriidae Swainson, 1840)
Type genus: Hyria Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon

HYRIOINI Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 192.
Type genus: Hyria Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon
 
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