Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Not to be confused with Perna <small>Bruguière, 1789 </small>, synonym of Isognomon <small>Lightfoot, 1786</small>
Species
Species within the genus Perna include:
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
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. 180âÂÂ213
- Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the worldâÂÂs marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.