OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae
Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Mytilus smaragdinus auct.
Mytilus viridis Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus smaragdinus GMELIN, 1791
Mytilus opalus Lamarck, 1819
Mytilus opalus LAMARCK, 1819
Common Name
Green mussel p.87
Philippines Green Mussel p.4 Gaillende, D. De & AQUACOP 1979.
Indian Mussel p.90 Gosling, E. 1992.
Midori-igai B95 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: B95] Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Distribution
western limit Persian Gulf; eastern limit New Guinea; southern limit New Guinea; northern limit southern Japan (Morton 1987)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Thailand (E)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea Group
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)
PRELOVED Regions: Thailand
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Cambodia
Try, I. 2001. p.390
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
Chinh, N. 2001. p.415
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.58
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.310
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ 0.5-2.0 m
]
depth: sublittoral [ 5-8m (phuket, Thailand)
]
habit: byssally attached
habitat: rocks [ attached to rocks (Phuket, Thailand)
]
substrate: mud [ on muddy surfaces
]
References
. p.87 [ distrbution; ecology
] Secondary source
Chinh, N. 2001. p.215 General reference
Gaillende, D. De & AQUACOP 1979. p.4 [ distrbution; synonymy
] Secondary source
Lee, S.Y. 1986. p.112 [ distribution
] Secondary source
Morton, B. 1987. p.159 [ distribution
] Secondary source
Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.102 Distribution
Shafee, M.S. 1989. p.235 [ distribution
] Secondary source
Siddall, S.E. 1980. p.860 Contains synonymy
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.5 [ ecology; distribution
] Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Perna Retzius, 1788
Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60474) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-13. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.