Species Detail - White Tortoiseshell Limpet (Tectura virginea) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Tectura virginea
White Tortoiseshell Limpet
NHMSYS0021056385
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
tevir
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Mollusc
Species
18
6
4
28/08/2006
25/08/2013
29 January (recorded in 2018)
23 November (recorded in 2015)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, White Tortoiseshell Limpet (Tectura virginea), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/288919