Acmaea achates | |
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Drawing of a shell of Acmaea achates (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Acmaeidae |
Genus: | Acmaea |
Species: | A. achates |
Binomial name | |
Acmaea achates (Reeve, 1855) | |
Synonyms | |
Patella achatesReeve, 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]
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]
This marine species occurs off India.
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