Xinanneo

Name : Perna viridis

Class : Bivalvia

Order : Mytiloida

Family : Mytilidae

Description :

The shells can be vivid green to dark brownish-green near the outer edge, and olive-green near the attachment point. Juveniles are a bright, vivid green, while the adults tend to retain the green colour along the growing edge only, developing an olive or brown colouration nearer to the attachment point.

Size

Maximum length: 13.5cm (TL), common length: 5-8 cm (TL)

Diet

It is a filter feeder on phytoplankton, zooplankton and suspended organic materials.

Utilization

It is utilised for consumption in various forms as blanched with sauce, fried in oil, dried and cooked

Gears

Bottom dredgers, bottom set gill nets, skin diving