Akera bullata

Akera bullata
drawing of Akera bullata
Shell of Akera bullata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Aplysiida
Superfamily: Akeroidea
Family: Akeridae
Genus: Akera
Species:
A. bullata
Binomial name
Akera bullata
Synonyms
  • Possibly Aaera bullata[2][3]
  • Acera bullata (Müller O.F., 1776)[4]
  • Acera elegans Locard, 1886
  • Aceras elegans Locard, 1886
  • Akera flexilis Brown, 1844
  • Bulla akera Gmelin, 1791
  • Bulla elastica Danilo & Sandri, 1856
  • Bulla farrani Norman, 1890
  • Bulla fragilis Lamarck, 1822
  • Bulla hanleyi Adams A. in Sowerby G.B. II, 1850
  • Bulla norwegica Bruguière, 1792
  • Bulla resiliens Donovan, 1801
  • Eucampe donovani Leach, 1847 (substitute name for Bulla akera)

Akera bullata, named the royal flush sea slug,[5] 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.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] This species is the only European representative of the genus Akera.

  1. ^ Müller O. F. (1776). Zoologiæ Danicæ prodromus, seu animalium Daniæ et Norvegiæ indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. pp. I-XXXII [= 1-32], 1-274. Havniæ. (Hallager). page 242.
  2. ^ "ION: Index to Organism Names".
  3. ^ Fauna der Kieler bucht. Leipzig, W. Engelmann. 1865.
  4. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776".
  5. ^ "'Cutpurse wasp' wins species naming competition". The Guardian. 2012-07-24. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  6. ^ http://www.eol.org/pages/451975[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Namebank Record Detail".
  8. ^ "Namebank Record Detail".
  9. ^ "Namebank Record Detail".
  10. ^ "Record Details - Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)". 14 December 2021.
  11. ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=855776[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Search".