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)