ERMS taxon details
Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
140483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140483)
accepted
Species
Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 · unaccepted (unavailable name, published in a...)
unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1
Mytilus africanus var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 · unaccepted
Mytilus pictus Born, 1778 · unaccepted
marine
(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
page(s): 671 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140483 on 2025-04-25
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140483 on 2025-04-25
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original description
(of Mytilus pictus Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. 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
original description (of Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [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
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 RoR) [details]
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 RoR) [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 RoR) [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.
page(s): 178-179 [details]
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
original description (of Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [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
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 RoR) [details]
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 RoR) [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 RoR) [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.
page(s): 178-179 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | brown mussel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (230 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Conchology (Perna perna)
To Conchology (Perna perna)
To Conchology (Perna perna)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perna perna)
To GenBank (1985 nucleotides; 1740 proteins)
To GenBank (1985 nucleotides; 1740 proteins) (from synonym Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758)
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 (from synonym Mytilus pictus Born, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus africanus var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Conchology (Perna perna)
To Conchology (Perna perna)
To Conchology (Perna perna)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perna perna)
To GenBank (1985 nucleotides; 1740 proteins)
To GenBank (1985 nucleotides; 1740 proteins) (from synonym Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758)
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 (from synonym Mytilus pictus Born, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785)
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus africanus var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900)
To ITIS
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 picta.jpg "To Malacopics (Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Melilla, ex coll. J. Trausel)")
