Akeridae

Akeridae
shells of Akera bullata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Aplysiida
Superfamily:	Akeroidea
Family:	Akeridae Mazzarelli, 1891 [1]
Genera and species
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Akeridae is a small taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the superfamily Akeroidea, the sea hares. The family, in its original spelling "Aceridae", has previously been attributed in error to Pilsbry, 1893.

Akeridae is the only family in the superfamily.

Genera

The only genus of the family is:

• Genus Akera O. F. Müller, 1776 - type genus ^[2]

References

1. Mazzarelli, G. (1891). "Intorno all'apparato riproduttore di alcuni Tectibranchi (Pleurobranchaea, Oscanius, Acera)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 14: 237–243.
2. World Register of Marine Species, Akeridae Mazzarelli, 1891

External links

Data related to Akeridae at Wikispecies Media related to Akeridae at Wikimedia Commons

• Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .