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Perna

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Perna may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perna, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8970315	https://www.gbif.org/species/8970315
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16396	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16396

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Perna

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Perna

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
order	Mytilida
superfamily	Mytiloidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Mytilidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Perna	Retzius 1788

Scientific Name

Perna

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Perna	genus	subjective synonym of Isognomon	implied	Woodring, 1925
Perna	genus	belongs to Pernidae	stated without evidence	Bohm, 1926
Perna	genus	belongs to Mytilidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Perna	genus	belongs to Mytiloida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Perna	genus	belongs to Mytilinae	stated without evidence	Spencer et al., 2004
Perna	genus	belongs to Mytilidae	stated without evidence	Mikkelsen, 2006
Perna	genus	belongs to Pernidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

216 - 206 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Environment

lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Mytilidae)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Mytilidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Mytilidae)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Mytilidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perna

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Perna bachelieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna bosniaca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Perna canaliculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna complanata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna craura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna excavata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna goniglensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna guerini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna heberti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Perna hieroglypha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna kerguelensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Perna latoconvexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Perna loczyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Perna luciensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna maxillaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna meleagrinoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Perna montana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna nishiyamai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Perna perna species	listed (PBDB)		12	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Perna perna species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Perna petaloidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna quadrilatera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna rimosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Perna tetleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna tetragona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna texanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Perna viridis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1788	Perna Retzius
1926	Perna Bohm p. 56
1980	Perna Vokes p. 27
2002	Perna Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Perna Spencer et al.
2006	Perna Mikkelsen
2010	Perna Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bohm J. (1926) Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern, Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2, 55-87

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Spencer H. G., Willan R. C., et al (2004) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html]

Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Western Atlantic Bivalves [http://peet.amnh.org/Western_Atlantic_Bivalves.html]

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 592 Rejection of Bertrand, 1763, Dictionnaire Universel des Fossiles Propres et des Fossiles Accidentels.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(2), 114-120 (1961) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Lehrb. Naturg., 3 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Paetel, 1883 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

I-P Mollusk DB (March 2010) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Indo Pacific Mollusks DB (March 2010) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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