Akera soluta

Species of gastropod

Akera soluta
Akera soluta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Aplysiida
Superfamily: Akeroidea
Family: Akeridae
Genus: Akera
Species:
A. soluta
Binomial name
Akera soluta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Bulla (Akera) tenuis A. Adams, 1850
  • Bulla (Akera) tumida A. Adams, 1850 superseded combination
  • Bulla ceylanica Bruguière, 1792 junior subjective synonym
  • Bulla soluta Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Bulla tenuis A. Adams, 1850 junior subjective synonym
  • Bulla tumida A. Adams, 1850 superseded combination

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

  1. ^ Akera soluta (Gmelin, 1791). 2024-07-02. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.) (vol. 2 11 ed.). London: privately published. p. 573. Retrieved 2 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Akera, soluta. "Akera soluta". Gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae. Vol. Tom. 1 Pars. 6 (13 tome 1 (6) ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: G.E. Beer. p. 3434. 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. 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. Bibcode:2004JRSNZ..34..111B. doi: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" (PDF). Museum Victoria Science Reports. 10: 1–42. doi:10.24199/j.mvsr.2006.10. 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.
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