Acmaea_achates

<i>Acmaea achates</i>

Acmaea achates

Species of gastropod

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]

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Description

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

This marine species occurs off India.

References

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


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