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Perna tetleyi

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Perna tetleyi is a species in the family Mytilidae, order Mytilida.

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Quick facts about Perna tetleyi

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Perna tetleyi live?

Not recorded

Is Perna tetleyi endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Perna tetleyi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderMytilida
  5. familyMytilidae
  6. genusPerna
  7. SpeciesPerna tetleyi (A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929)

Synonyms Mytilus tetleyi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Perna tetleyi

Other species in the same genus Perna.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Perna tetleyi?

Perna tetleyi (Perna tetleyi) belongs to the family Mytilidae in the order Mytilida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Perna tetleyi (Perna tetleyi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/perna-tetleyi

MLA

“Perna tetleyi (Perna tetleyi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/perna-tetleyi.

BibTeX
@misc{perna_tetleyi_2026,
  title = {Perna tetleyi (Perna tetleyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/perna-tetleyi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}