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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MYTILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Mytilinae (Subfamily)
> Perna (Genus)
> canaliculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chloromya Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Mytilus canaliculatus Gray, 1843
=Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791
=Mytilus latus Dillwyn, 1817
=Mytilus latus Chemnitz, 1785
=Mytilus tasmanicus Tenison-Woods, 1876
Images: Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Green-Lipped Mussel, Houhora Harbour, Northland, NZ. 114mm. © rights reserved
The common Green-Lipped mussel, on a rock at low tide, Auckland, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MYTILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Mytilinae (Subfamily)
> Perna (Genus)
> canaliculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chloromya Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Mytilus canaliculatus Gray, 1843
=Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791
=Mytilus latus Dillwyn, 1817
=Mytilus latus Chemnitz, 1785
=Mytilus tasmanicus Tenison-Woods, 1876
Details: Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Length commonly up to 160mm, with records over 240mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-53m
Notes:
Green Mussel, Green Lipped Mussel, Kutai, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.372)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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