Perna (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Perna Higher classification Mussels Order Mytiloida		Family Mytilidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus Subclass Pteriomorphia

Lower classifications Perna canalicula, Perna viridis, Perna perna

Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.

Species

Species within the genus Perna include:

Perna canalicula (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand green-lipped mussel

Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)

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)

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