Perna perna

Brown mussel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Perna
Species:	P. perna
Binomial name
Perna perna Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Chloromya perna Melina perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 Mytilus achatinus Lamarck, 1819 Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791 Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 Mytilus elongatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz in Schröter, 1788 (unavailable name) Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798 Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Mytilus pictusBorn, 1778 Mytilus variegatus Röding, 1798 Mytilus venezolanusAndreu, 1965 Mytilus versicolor Gmelin, 1791 Perna africana (Chemnitz, 1785) (not available) Perna africana var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900 Perna africana var. tingitana Pallary, 1900 Perna indica Kuriakose & Nair, 1976 Perna magellanica Philipsson, 1788 Perna perna f. picta (Born, 1778) Perna picta (Born, 1778)

Perna perna, the brown mussel, is an economically important mussel, a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Mytilidae. It is harvested as a food source but is also known to harbor toxins and cause damage to marine structures. It is native to the waters of Africa, Europe, and South America and was introduced in the waters of North America.^[1]