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Orange-Clubbed Sea Slug

Limacia clavigera

1,616Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb14
Mar30
Apr75
May171
Jun337
Jul384
Aug250
Sep211
Oct81
Nov32
Dec19

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales29
2Highland Scotland27
3Argyll and Bute Scotland22
4Dorset England13
5Aberdeenshire Scotland12
6Torbay England9
7Shetland Islands —7
8Perth and Kinross Scotland7
9Scottish Borders Scotland7
10Isle of Anglesey Wales7
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
12Devon England6
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
15Cornwall England5
551 England464 Scotland292 Wales128 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,616
Peak month
July
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Limacia clavigera
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,567
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Polyceridae
Genus
Limacia
Name with authority
Limacia clavigera (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3200433 · GBIF 5190033