The New Zealand green-lipped mussel, (Perna canaliculus), also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel,kuku, andkutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae the true mussels. P. canaliculushas great importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand.
This shellfish is economically important to New Zealand. It differs from other mussel species in that it has...