Acmaea achates

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

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.