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Akeridae

Description

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.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2866https://www.gbif.org/species/2866
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)59010https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59010
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Aplysiida : Akeridae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Tectibranchia : Akeridae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderOpisthobranchia
orderTectibranchia
familyAkeridaeMazzarelli 1891
Scientific NameAkeridae
Name Published Inin Tryon, Man. Conch., 15: 350
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Akeridaefamilybelongs to Tectibranchiastated without evidenceAddicott, 1970
Akeridaefamilybelongs to AkeroideaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (25%)
First Recorded Appearance170 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Gastropoda)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5
Common Name(s) Danssnäckor, ウツセミガイ
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akeridae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Akera
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
29170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1891Akeridae Mazzarelli
1970Akeridae Addicott p. 138
1998Akeridae Beesley p. 942

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 539 Protection under the Plenary Powers of the specific name bullata Muller (O. F.), 1776, as published in the combination Akera bullata (class Gastropoda).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(6), 65-76 (1959) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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