Perumytilus purpuratus Purple Mussel

Perumytilus purpuratus is commonly referred to as Purple Mussel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Leslie Harris, USA

Perumytilus purpuratus, Ilo, Peru 2022

Observations made by the Biodiversity Ilo team from the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) & the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA). Photos by Jessica Whelpley (FLMNH), Brittany Cummings (FLMNH), Leslie Harris (NHMLA), CC-BY-NC-SA, credit to Biodiversity-Ilo
Courtesy of the author Leslie Harris, USA Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 15750
AphiaID:: 600490

Scientific:: Perumytilus purpuratus
German:: Purpur-Miesmuschel, Peru-Miesmuschel
English:: Purple Mussel

Category:: Ракушки

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Mytilida (Order) > Mytilidae (Family) > Perumytilus (Genus) > purpuratus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1819

Occurrence:: Argentina, Chile, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Peru, South Atlantic, South-Pazific
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 1 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.18" (2,3cm - 3,4cm)
Weight:: 3 g
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Perumytilus purpuratus
Purpur-Miesmuschel, Peru-Miesmuschel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-05-14 18:10:58
Last edit:: 2023-05-14 19:12:57

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Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Synonymised names:
Brachidontes purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Modiola ovata Clessin, 1889 · unaccepted
Modiola purpurata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mytilus exaratus R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (uncertain junior synonym)
Mytilus exilis R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mytilus ovalis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted

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EOL (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2023.
Responses of mussels (Perumytilus purpuratus) to waterborne exudate cues from predatory snails (Acanthina monodon) depend on cue intensity (en). Abgerufen am 15.05.2024.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2023.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 14.05.2023.

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