Deep-Sea taxon details
Akera O. F. Müller, 1776
137641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137641)
accepted
Genus
Aceras Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of Akera,...)
unjustified emendation of Akera, placed on official Index by ICZN Opinion 539
marine, brackish
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Akera O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137641 on 2026-07-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Akera O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137641 on 2026-07-21
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Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Aceras Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 78 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Valdés Á. & Barwick K. (2005). First record of <i>Akera</i> Müller, 1776, from the Eastern Pacific, with the description of a new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 119(1): 43-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185780 [details]
original description (of Aceras Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 78 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Valdés Á. & Barwick K. (2005). First record of <i>Akera</i> Müller, 1776, from the Eastern Pacific, with the description of a new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 119(1): 43-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185780 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
