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Barnacle-eating onchidoris

Onchidoris bilamellata

535Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb13
Mar39
Apr19
May11
Jun33
Jul180
Aug132
Sep62
Oct17
Nov9
Dec7

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland8
2Aberdeenshire Scotland5
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
4Highland Scotland4
5East Lothian Scotland4
6Scottish Borders Scotland4
7Isle of Anglesey Wales4
8Norfolk England3
9Argyll and Bute Scotland3
10Gwynedd Wales2
11Shetland Islands —2
12Perth and Kinross Scotland2
13Swansea Wales2
14Belfast Northern Ireland2
15Cornwall England1
194 England164 Scotland37 Wales67 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
535
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Onchidoris bilamellata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
445
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Onchidorididae
Genus
Onchidoris
Name with authority
Onchidoris bilamellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q624366 · GBIF 5190124