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The brown mussel, Perna perna, is an economically important mussel, a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Mytilidae. It is harvested as a food source but is also known to harbor toxins and cause damage to marine structures. It is native to the waters of Africa, Europe, and South America and was introduced in the waters of North America.

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  • The brown mussel, Perna perna, is an economically important mussel, a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Mytilidae. It is harvested as a food source but is also known to harbor toxins and cause damage to marine structures. It is native to the waters of Africa, Europe, and South America and was introduced in the waters of North America.
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  • Brown mussel
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  • * Melina perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • * Mytilus achatinus (Lamarck, 1819)
  • * Mytilus afer (Gmelin, 1791)
  • * Mytilus africanus (Chemnitz, 1785)
  • * Mytilus elongatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
  • * Mytilus irisans (Jousseaume, 1888)
  • * Mytilus magellanicus (Röding, 1798)
  • * Mytilus variegatus (Röding, 1798)
  • * Mytilus versicolor (Gmelin, 1791)
  • * Perna africana (Chemnitz, 1785) (not available)
  • * Perna africana var. mauretanica (Pallary, 1900)
  • * Perna africana var. tingitana (Pallary, 1900)
  • * Perna magellanica (Philipsson, 1788)
  • * Perna perna f. picta (Born, 1778)
  • *Chloromya perna
  • *Mya perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • *Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • *Mytilus pictus(Born, 1778)
  • *Mytilus venezolanus(Andreu, 1965)
  • *Perna indica (Kuriakose & Nair, 1976)
  • *Perna picta (Born, 1778)
  • * Mytilus elongatus (Chemnitz in Schröter, 1788 (unavailable name)
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