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Akera O. F. Müller, 1776 
AphiaID: 137641

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Akeroidea (Superfamily) > Akeridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776 (type by monotypy)
Parent Akeridae Mazzarelli, 1891
Synonymised
taxa		  Aceras Locard, 1886 (unjustified emendation of Akera)
 Eucampe Leach, 1847
 Vitrella Swainson, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Akera bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
Species Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776
Species Akera julieae Valdés & Barwick, 2005
Species Akera silbo Ortea & Moro, 2009
Species Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791)

Species Akera tasmanica Beddome, 1883 accepted as Diaphana tasmanica (Beddome, 1883)
Species Akera thompsoni Olsson & McGinty, 1951 accepted as Akera bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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Image 
Akera bullata
[image from typetaxon]
Akera bullata
added on 2012-07-12 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137641
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2012-05-05 18:33:38Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Akera O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137641 on 2013-05-19
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