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

Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Bulla akera*	Gmelin, 1791	objective synonym
*Acera bullata*	(O. F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Acera bullata var. nana*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Acera elegans*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Aceras elegans*	Locard, 1886	synonym; nom. nud.
*Akera flexilis*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym
*Bulla (Akera) hanleyi*	A. Adams, 1850	synonym
*Bulla elastica*	Danilo & Sandri, 1856	synonym
*Bulla farrani*	Norman, 1890	synonym
*Bulla fragilis*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Bulla hanleyi*	A. Adams, 1850	synonym
*Bulla norwegica*	Bruguière, 1792	synonym
*Bulla resiliens*	Donovan, 1801	synonym
*Eucampe donovani*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: kuglesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common bubble snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gemeine Kugelschnecke; Kugelschnecke

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	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.
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.
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.
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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Akera bullata 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:138734