Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Aplysiida > Superfamily Akeroidea > Family Akeridae

Akera O. F. Müller, 1776

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acera*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Aceras*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Bulla (Akera)*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Eucampe*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Children

Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776
Akera silbo Ortea & Moro, 2009

Literature

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.
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.
additional source	Valdés Á. & Barwick K. (2005). First record of Akera Müller, 1776, from the Eastern Pacific, with the description of a new species. The Nautilus. 119(1): 43-49.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Akera O. F. Müller, 1776. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137641