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Akera O. F. Müller, 1776

137641  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137641)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Aplysiida (Order)
  9. Akeroidea (Superfamily)
  10. Akeridae (Family)
  11. Akera (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acera Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of Akera...)  
unjustified emendation of Akera Müller, 1776
Aceras Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of Akera,...)  
unjustified emendation of Akera, placed on official Index by ICZN Opinion 539
Eucampe Leach, 1847 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Akera bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
  2. Species Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776
  3. Species Akera julieae Á. Valdés & Barwick, 2005
  4. Species Akera silbo Ortea & Moro, 2009
  5. Species Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791)
  6. Species Akera aperta Hedley, 1899 accepted as Oxynoe aperta (Hedley, 1899) (original combination)
  7. Species Akera constricta Kuroda, 1947 accepted as Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, and junior homonym of Akera constricta Stephenson, 1941)
  8. Species Akera flexilis T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776 (synonym)
  9. Species Akera tasmanica C. E. Beddome, 1883 accepted as Diaphana tasmanica (C. E. Beddome, 1883) (superseded combination)
  10. Species Akera thompsoni Olsson & T. L. McGinty, 1951 accepted as Akera bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no description)
marine, brackish
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Akera O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137641 on 2025-07-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2012-05-05 18:33:38Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-09-03 04:43:13Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Eucampe Leach, 1847) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details] 

original description (of Aceras Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 78 [details] 

original description (of Acera Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): vol. 4 p. 429 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Other

additional source Valdés Á. & Barwick K. (2005). First record of <i>Akera</i> Müller, 1776, from the Eastern Pacific, with the description of a new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 119(1): 43-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185780 [details] 

 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Akera) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vitrella) (from synonym Vitrella Swainson, 1840)
To Genbank (from synonym Aceras Locard, 1886)
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