| Akera soluta | |
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| Akera soluta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Aplysiida |
| 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.
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the tropical and temperate Indo-Pacific; also off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia).
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. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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.
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External links
- 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 : 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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