Akeridae | |
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shells of Akera bullata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Aplysiomorpha |
Superfamily: |
Akeroidea Mazzarelli, 1891 |
Family: |
Akeridae Mazzarelli, 1891 |
Genera and Species | |
See text. |
See text.
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.
The only genus of the family is: