Abstract:
We describe here the first complete genome assembly of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, <i>Perna canaliculus</i>, mitochondrion. The assembly was performed <i>de novo</i> from a mix of long nanopore sequencing reads and short sequencing reads. The genome is 16,005 bp long. Comparison to other Mytiloidea mitochondrial genomes indicates important gene rearrangements in this family.