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Celtic sea slug

Onchidella celtica

668Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb8
Mar26
Apr54
May63
Jun133
Jul97
Aug44
Sep134
Oct79
Nov27
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England88
2Cornwall England43
3Isles of Scilly England30
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland29
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland28
6Plymouth England14
7Highland Scotland13
8East Lothian Scotland12
9Fife Scotland11
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
11Dorset England10
12Pembrokeshire Wales10
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
14East Riding of Yorkshire England9
15Swansea Wales9
15 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
668
Peak month
September
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Onchidella celtica
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
677
Most recorded in
Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Systellommatophora
Family
Onchidiidae
Genus
Onchidella
Name with authority
Onchidella celtica (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832)
Described
1832
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9785627