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Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)

140483  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140483)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Mytilidae (Family)
  10. Crenellinae (Subfamily)
  11. Perna (Genus)
  12. Perna perna (Species)
accepted
Species
Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 · unaccepted (unavailable name, published in a...)  
unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1
Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz, 1785 · unaccepted (unavailable name, published in a...)  
unavailable name, published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1; available from Röding, 1798
Mytilus pictus Born, 1778 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Perna africana (Chemnitz, 1785) · unaccepted (not available)
Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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(of Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 671 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140483 on 2026-02-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2006-03-16 11:07:45Z
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Mussai, Prakash
2008-08-14 13:08:19Z
checked
Gofas, Serge
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
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Huber, Markus

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original description (of Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz, 1785) Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). <i>Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet</i>. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43760 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus pictus Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 111 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888) Jousseaume, F. (1888). Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 1: 165-223., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10047746
page(s): 215 [details] 

original description (of Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 671 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mytilus africanus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 248 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mytilus elongatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): 248; note: based on Chemnitz (1785) vol. 8, p. 157, pl. 83 fig. 738 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mytilus variegatus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus versicolor Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 158 [details] 

original description (of Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976) Kuriakose, P.S. & Nair, N.B. (1976). The genus <i>Perna</i> along the coasts of India with the description of a new species <i>Perna indica</i>. <em>Aquatic Biology.</em> 1: 25–36., available online at http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10750/ [details] 

original description (of Perna magellanica Philipsson, 1788) Retzius A.J. (1788). <i>Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson</i>. 4+23 pp. Lund. , available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN581964985, http://LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004
page(s): 20 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mytilus perna var. trigona Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 24 [details] 

original description (of Perna africana var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Troisième contribution à l'étude de la faune malacologique du nord-ouest de l'Afrique. Comptes rendus de l'Association française pour l'Avancement des Sciences [Paris], 29 (2): 731-735, pl. 11. Paris. [details] 

original description (of Perna africana var. tingitana Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Troisième contribution à l'étude de la faune malacologique du nord-ouest de l'Afrique. Comptes rendus de l'Association française pour l'Avancement des Sciences [Paris], 29 (2): 731-735, pl. 11. Paris. [details] 

original description (of Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785) Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). <i>Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet</i>. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43760
page(s): vol. 8, p. 160, pl. 83 fig. 739-741 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus africanus var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 340 [details] 

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 159. [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Pierri, B.; Fossari, T.; Magalhães, A. (2016). O mexilhão Perna perna no Brasil: nativo ou exótico?. <em>Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia.</em> 68(2): 404-414., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4162-8534 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Narchi, W. & Galvão-Bueno, M. S. (1997). Anatomia funcional de <i>Perna perna</i> (Linné)(Bivalvia, Mytilidae). <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoologia.</em> 14, 135-168., available online at https://www.scielo.br/j/rbzool/a/WZjTdWKNwQZfRgSWv69yDTd/?format=pdf&lang=pt [details] 

status source Wood A.R., Apte S., MacAvoy E.S. & Gardner J.P.A. (2007) A molecular phylogeny of the marine mussel genus <i>Perna</i> (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) based on nuclear (ITS1&2) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequences. <i>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution</i> 44(2): 685-698. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790306005082 [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 178-179 [details] 
 
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LanguageName 
English brown mussel  [details]
To Barcode of Life (230 barcodes) 
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Perna picta (Born, 1778))
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mytilus africanus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz, 1785)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Mytilus elongatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Perna africana (Chemnitz, 1785))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Perna picta (Born, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798)
To Conchology (Perna perna) 
To Conchology (Perna perna) 
To Conchology (Perna perna) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perna indica) (from synonym Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perna perna) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perna picta) (from synonym Perna picta (Born, 1778))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976)
To GenBank (1985 nucleotides; 1740 proteins) (from synonym Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (1985 nucleotides; 1740 proteins) 
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Perna picta (Born, 1778))
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) 
To Malacopics (Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Tefia, waste, near res... 
To Malacopics (Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Canarias, Las Palmas, Lanzarote, Isla Graciosa,... 
To Malacopics (Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Melilla, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus pictus Born, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus africanus var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900)
To ITIS
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