Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.[1]
Not to be confused with Perna Bruguière, 1789 , synonym of Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786
Species
Species within the genus Perna include:[1]
Species brought into synonymy:
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Perna africana (Chemnitz, 1785): synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Perna confusa Angas, 1871: synonym of Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
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Perna fulgida H. Adams, 1870: synonym of Lioberus ligneus (Reeve, 1858)
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Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976: synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Perna magellanica Philipsson, 1788: synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Perna picta (Born, 1778): synonym of Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) [2]
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Perna plumescens Dunker, 1868: synonym of Modiolus plumescens (Dunker, 1868)
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Perna ungulina Philipsson, 1788: synonym of Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
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Perna variabilis (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
References
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^ a b c 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
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^ 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.
