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''Perna '' is a
* '' Perna canaliculus'' (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand green-lipped mussel
* '' Perna perna'' (
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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q3639223 Mytilidae Bivalve genera
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family
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Mytilidae
Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, '' Limnoperna'', even inhabits freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 gener ...
.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
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
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
* † '' Perna tetleyi'' (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
* ''Perna viridis
''Perna viridis'', known as the Asian green mussel, is an economically important mussel, a bivalve belonging to the family Mytilidae. It is harvested for food but is also known to harbor toxins and cause damage to submerged structures such as d ...
'': Asian green mussel (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Perna africana'' (Chemnitz, 1785): synonym of ''Perna perna'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 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
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
* ''Perna magellanica'' Philipsson, 1788: synonym of ''Perna perna'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
* ''Perna picta'' (Born, 1778): synonym of ''Perna perna'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
* ''Perna plumescens'' Dunker, 1868: synonym of '' Modiolus plumescens'' (Dunker, 1868)
* ''Perna ungulina'' Philipsson, 1788: synonym of ''Mytilus edulis
The blue mussel (''Mytilus edulis''), also known as the common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Blue mussels are subject to commercial use and intensive aquaculture. A species with a l ...
'' Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
* ''Perna variabilis'' (Krauss, 1848): synonym of '' Brachidontes pharaonis'' (P. Fischer, 1870)
References
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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q3639223 Mytilidae Bivalve genera