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Akeridae Mazzarelli, 1891 
AphiaID: 1753

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Akeroidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Akeroidea
Sources  basis of record: 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]

basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

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[hide all]		 Genus Akera O. F. Müller, 1776
  » 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

Genus Aceras Locard, 1886 accepted as Akera O. F. Müller, 1776
  » Species Aceras elegans Locard, 1886 accepted as Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776
Genus Eucampe Leach, 1847 accepted as Akera O. F. Müller, 1776
  » Species Eucampe donovani Leach, 1847 accepted as Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776
Genus Vitrella Swainson, 1840 accepted as Akera O. F. Müller, 1776
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
Note  Authority: The family name Akeridae has been placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 539. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1753
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2011-04-30 05:08:05Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Akeridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1753 on 2013-05-20
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