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WRiMS taxon detailsPerna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
140483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140483)
accepted
Species
Melina perna (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 · unaccepted (unavailable name, published in a...)
unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1 Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 · unaccepted
Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Perna picta (Born, 1778) · unaccepted
marine
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 671 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140483 on 2026-05-22
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140483 on 2026-05-22
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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 ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 671 [details] Available for editors 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] 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 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 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]  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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48 page(s): 178-179 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (230 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Perna picta (Born, 1778)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Perna picta (Born, 1778)) To Conchology (Perna perna) To Conchology (Perna perna) To Conchology (Perna perna) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perna perna) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perna picta) (from synonym Perna picta (Born, 1778)) 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 rest... 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 (from synonym Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888) To PESI To PESI (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785) To ITIS Unreviewed
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