Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Modiolidae > Subfamily Limnoperninae > Genus Limnoperna

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limnoperna*	Rochebrune, 1882	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Volsella fortunei*	Dunker, 1857	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Iwasaki, K.; Uryu, Y. (1998). Life Cycle of a Freshwater Mytilid Mussel, Limnoperna fortunei, in Uji River, Kyoto. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 57 (2): 105-113.
additional source	Ieyama, H. (1996). Chromosomes and Nuclear DNA Contents of Limnoperna in Japan (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 55 (1): 65-68.
additional source	De Lucía, M.; Darrigran, G.; Gutiérrez Gregoric, D. E. (2022). The most problematic freshwater invasive species in South America, Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), and its status after 30 years of invasion. Aquatic Sciences. 85:5.
additional source	Iwasaki, K. (1997). Climbing Behaviour and Tolerance to Aerial Exposure of a Freshwater Mussel, Limnoperna fortunei. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 56 (1): 15-25.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506081