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Akera O. F. Müller, 1776
137641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137641)
accepted
Genus
Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776 (type by monotypy)
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
Bulla (Akera) O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted
Eucampe Leach, 1847 · unaccepted
Vitrella Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
- Species Akera bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
- Species Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776
- Species Akera constricta Stephenson, 1941 †
- Species Akera julieae Á. Valdés & Barwick, 2005
- Species Akera silbo Ortea & Moro, 2009
- Species Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Akera spirata Staadt, 1913 †
- Species Akera striatella (Lamarck, 1804) †
- Species Akera aperta Hedley, 1899 accepted as Oxynoe aperta (Hedley, 1899) (original combination)
- Species Akera constricta Kuroda, 1947 accepted as Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, and junior homonym of Akera constricta Stephenson, 1941)
- Species Akera eliai Shalem, 1928 † accepted as Hamlinia eliai (Shalem, 1928) † (original combination)
- Species Akera flexilis T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776 (synonym)
- Species Akera tasmanica C. E. Beddome, 1883 accepted as Diaphana tasmanica (C. E. Beddome, 1883) (superseded combination)
- 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: Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. <em>Copenhagen: Typis Hallagerii.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
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Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum: Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. <em>Copenhagen: Typis Hallagerii.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
