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Slipper Limpet, Slipper shell, Oyster-pest, Common Atlantic slippersnail

Crepidula fornicata

10,927Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan70
Feb221
Mar595
Apr752
May1,499
Jun1,391
Jul1,213
Aug1,676
Sep2,310
Oct725
Nov243
Dec71

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England187
2Essex England144
3Torbay England121
4Pembrokeshire Wales114
5Suffolk England107
6Cornwall England103
7Dorset England99
8Norfolk England65
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland60
10Isle of Wight England54
11Plymouth England53
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland48
13Isles of Scilly England47
14Swansea Wales41
15Highland Scotland32
6,227 England3 Scotland491 Wales192 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,927
Peak month
September
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Crepidula fornicata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,788
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Calyptraeidae
Genus
Crepidula
Name with authority
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
62

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q469081 · GBIF 5192789