| Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Mozambique to South Africa, Mascarenhas; Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay; W. Mediterranean to Gulf of Guinea; New Zealand, Australia… Original taxon: Mya perna.
1m deep, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 83mm. |
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Specimens from warm Atlantic.
Beached, next to sand and corals, between Elmina and Biriwa, Région Centrale, Ghana. 25-38mm. |
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| 1-3m deep, on rock, Málaga. 95mm. |
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| Synonym: picta (von Born, 1778). 10cm deep, on rocks, Punta Braccetto, Ragusa, S. Sicily. 32-41mm. |
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Other synonyms: irisans, variegatus, versicolor.
2-3m deep, on rocks, Estepona, Málaga. 50-52mm. |
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Other synonyms: africanus, indica, magellanicus.
2m deep, on rock, Agadir, W. Morocco. 84,9mm. |
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Mytilus africanus var. “mauretanica” in P. Pallary: “Coquilles marines du littoral du département d’Oran”, Journal de Conchyliologie vol. 48 (2), Paris 1900, p.380.
« In the same way that there are some narrow and elongate forms of the M. galloprovincialis that are similar to the M. edulis, and some short and broad forms of the M. edulis that are hard to distinguish from the M. galloprovincialis, there is also a form of M. africanus which presents the appearance of the M. galloprovincialis. We refer to it as the var. mauretanica Pallary (fig. 11). » |
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| A population from Natal. 21,5-33mm. |
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| Goukamma shore, east of Sedgefield, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Original picture provided by N. van Berkel for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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The inhalant siphon is bordered with white papillae. Millers Point area, south of Simon’s Town, False Bay, Western Cape. Original picture provided by G. Jones for iNaturalist.
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