MolluscaBase - Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776

MSBIAS taxon details

Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776

AphiaID

138734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138734)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Akera O. F. Müller, 1776

Parent

Akera O. F. Müller, 1776

Original name

Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776

Environment

marine

Original description

Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 242 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138734 on 2025-05-13

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138734 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-06-05 23:54:58Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

[taxonomic tree]

original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 242 [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Valdés Á. & Lozouet P. (2000). Opisthobranch molluscs from the Tertiary of the Aquitaine Basin (south-western France), with descriptions of seven new species and a new genus. Palaeontology. 43(3): 457-479., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00135.x/pdf [details]

additional source Morton J.E. & Holme N.A. (1955). The occurrence at Plymouth of the Opisthobranch Akera bullata with notes on its habits and relationship. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 30: 101-110., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1645/1/The_occurrence_at_Plymouth_of_the_opisthobranch_Akera_bullata%2C_with_notes_on_its_habits_and_relationships.pdf [details]

status source ICZN. (1959). Opinion 539. Protection under the Plenary Powers of the specific name bullata Müller (O.F.), 1776, as published in the combination Akera bullata (Class Gastropoda). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 20 (6): 65-76., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34655324 [details]

ecology source Thompson, T. E. & Seaward, D. R. (1989). Ecology and taxonomic status of the aplysiomorph Akera bullata in the British Isles. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 55(4): 489-496., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/55.4.489 [details]