Perna canaliculus
| 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) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Perna canaliculus, 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.