Perna canaliculus
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"Green mussel" redirects here. For the green bagmussel, see Arcuatula senhousia.
Perna canaliculus,[lower-alpha 1] the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has economic importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand.
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New Zealand green-lipped mussel | |
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Close-up of the green lip of this mussel species | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Perna |
Species: | P. canaliculus |
Binomial name | |
Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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