Acmaea achates
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| Acmaea achates | |
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| 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 | |
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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]