Biology:Akera soluta
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Clade: | Anaspidea |
| Superfamily: | Akeroidea |
| Family: | Akeridae |
| Genus: | Akera |
| Species: | A. soluta
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| Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791)
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Akera soluta is a species of sea snail (or sea slug), a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Akeridae, a family that is related to the sea hares.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 40.6 mm.
(Described as Bulla (Akera) tenuis) The shell is subcylindrical and slender, with an extended anterior. It has a horny, diaphanous appearance and features longitudinal striations. The spire is relatively elevated.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the tropical and temperate Indo-Pacific; also off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia).[3]
References
- ↑ Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791). 2024-07-02. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.) (vol. 2 11 ed.). London: privately published. p. 573. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:
- ↑ Akera, soluta. "Akera soluta". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4359266.
- Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Monterey, California.: Sea Challengers. p. 46.
- Yonow, N. (2008). Sea slugs of the Red Sea.. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft. pp. 1–308.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998). Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Hartebeespoort, South Africa: Ekogilde Publishers. p. 180.
External links
- Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae. Tom. 1 Pars. 6 (13 tome 1 (6) ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: G.E. Beer. p. 3434. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- Bruguière, J.G. (1789–1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. p. 377. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- Beu, A.G. (2004). "Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34 (2): 233. doi:10.1080/03014223.2004.9517766. Bibcode: 2004JRSNZ..34..111B. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2004.9517766. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- Burn, R.F. (2006). "A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia". Museum Victoria Science Reports 10: 1–42. doi:10.24199/j.mvsr.2006.10. http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185780.
Wikidata ☰ Q13256482 entry
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