Perna canalicula
（重定向自Perna canaliculus）
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The New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) — 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.