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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Euopisthobranchia
Ordo: Aplysiida
Superfamilia: Akeroidea

Familia: Akeridae
Genus (1): Akera
Name

Akeridae Mazzarelli, 1891

Type genus: Akera Müller, 1776

References

in Tryon, Man. Conch. 15: 350

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Akeridae in the World Register of Marine Species

Akeridae is a small taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the superfamily Akeroidea, the sea hares. The family, in its original spelling "Aceridae", has previously been attributed in error to Pilsbry, 1893.

Akeridae is the only family in the superfamily.
Genera

The only genus of the family is:

Genus Akera O. F. Müller, 1776 - type genus[2]

References

Mazzarelli, G. (1891). "Intorno all'apparato riproduttore di alcuni Tectibranchi (Pleurobranchaea, Oscanius, Acera)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 14: 237–243.
World Register of Marine Species, Akeridae Mazzarelli, 1891

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