Akera spirata is an extinct 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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Aplysiida |
| Superfamily: | Akeroidea |
| Family: | Akeridae |
| Genus: | Akera |
| Species: | †A. spirata
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| †Akera spirata Staadt, 1913
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† Acera spirata Staadt, 1913 superseded combination | |
Distribution
editFossils of this extinct species were found in Paleocene strata in Champagne-Ardenne, France.[2]
References
edit- ^ Akera spirata Staadt, 1913. 2024-07-02. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Akera spirata". MNHN, Paris.
- Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). "Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces". Cossmanniana. 3: 128.
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External links
edit- Cossmann M. & Pissarro G. "Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris. Tome 1, Pélécypodes: pls 1-16". Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- Valdés Á. & Lozouet P. (2000). "Opisthobranch molluscs from the Tertiary of the Aquitaine Basin (south-western France), with descriptions of seven new species and a new genus". Palaeontology. 43 (3): 457–479.
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