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| Perna canaliculus, the New Zealand mussel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Perna |
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Chloromya Mörch, 1853 | |
Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Not to be confused with Perna Bruguière, 1789 , synonym of Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786
Species
Species within the genus Perna include:
- Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand green-lipped mussel
- Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Perna tetleyi (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
- Perna viridis: Asian green mussel (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Perna africana (Chemnitz, 1785): synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Perna confusa Angas, 1871: synonym of Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
- Perna fulgida H. Adams, 1870: synonym of Lioberus ligneus (Reeve, 1858)
- Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976: synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Perna magellanica Philipsson, 1788: synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Perna picta (Born, 1778): synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Perna plumescens Dunker, 1868: synonym of Modiolus plumescens (Dunker, 1868)
- Perna ungulina Philipsson, 1788: synonym of Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
- Perna variabilis (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
References
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Perna Philipsson, 1788. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138229 on 16 August 2012
- Wood, Ann R.; Apte, Smita; MacAvoy, Elizabeth; Gardner, Jonathan P.A. (2007). "A molecular phylogeny of the marine mussel genus Perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) based on nuclear (ITS1&2) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (2): 685–698. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.019. PMID 17292632.
Further reading
- Siddall S.E. 1980. A clarification of the genus Perna. Bulletin of Marine Science 30: 858-870
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.