Perna (bivalve)
# Perna (bivalve)

Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.

Not to be confused with Perna Bruguière, 1789 , synonym of Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786

## Species

Species within the genus Perna include:

* Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791) New Zealand green-lipped mussel
* Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
* † Perna tetleyi (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
* Perna viridis: Asian green mussel (Linnaeus, 1758)

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)
