New Zealand Green-lipped Mussel (Perna canaliculus)

New Zealand Green-lipped Mussel, a reference photo — Photo: Richard Giddins from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of New Zealand Green-lipped Mussel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Perna perna
Semimytilus patagonicus
Perna viridis
Choromytilus meridionalis
Modiolus modiolus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Perna
Species: Perna canaliculus

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