Perna (genus)

Perna
Perna canalicula , the New Zealand mussel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Pteriomorphia
Order:	Mytiloida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Perna
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Chloromya Mörch, 1853

Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Perna include:^[1]

Perna perna

• 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) ^[2]
• 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

1. 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
2. Wood, Ann R.; Apte, Smita; MacAvoy, Elizabethylogeny of the marine mussel genus Perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) based on nuclear (ITS1&2) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequences S.; Gardner, Jonathan P.A. "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. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help);

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.