Acmaea achates
| 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) | |
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]
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.