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Acmaea achates

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Acmaea achates
Drawing of a shell of Acmaea achates (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 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

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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

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This marine species occurs off India.

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS. "Acmaea achates (Reeve, 1855)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ 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 Public Domain 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.