Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Mytilida
- family
- Mytilidae
- genus
- Perumytilus
- species
- Perumytilus purpuratus
Name
- Synonyms
- Brachidontes purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Modiola ovata Clessin, 1889
- Modiola purpurata Lamarck, 1819
- Mytilus exaratus R.A.Philippi, 1847
- Mytilus exilis R.A.Philippi, 1847
- Mytilus ovalis Lamarck, 1819
- Homonyms
- Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Common names
- Chorito maico in language.
Bibliographic References
- Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
- Huber 2015, Rosenfeld et al. 2019
- Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.