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Akeridae

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Akeridae
shells of Akera bullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
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Superfamily:
Akeroidea

Mazzarelli, 1891
Family:
Akeridae

Genera and Species

See text.

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