Akeridae

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Akeridae
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shells of Akera bullata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
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.

Contents

Akeridae is the only family in the superfamily.

Genera

The only genus of the family is:

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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

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