Acmaea achates is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
| Acmaea achates | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Acmaea achates (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Acmaeidae |
| Genus: | Acmaea |
| Species: | A. achates
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| Binomial name | |
| Acmaea achates (Reeve, 1855)
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| Synonyms | |
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Patella achates Reeve, 1855 (original combination) | |
Description edit
The ovate shell is rather thin. It is convexly depressed, radiately densely striated with the striae here and there finely corded. The shell is intense black, irregularly variegated with lightning-marked white rays. The interior is bluish, with a broad black variegated border.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off India.
References edit
- ^ WoRMS. "Acmaea achates (Reeve, 1855)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus Patella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Subba Rao, N. V. (2003). Indian Seashells (Part 1) Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper. 192: x + 416 pp., 96 pls.