Species Detail - Northern Tortoiseshell Limpet (Testudinalia testudinalis) - 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).
Testudinalia testudinalis
Northern Tortoiseshell Limpet
NHMSYS0021056387
RecommendedWell-formed
Acmaea tessulata , Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776), Acmaea testudinalis , Collisella tessulata , Collisella testudinalis , Common Tortoiseshell Limpet , Tectura testudinalis (O F Müller, 1776), Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776), Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
N/A
tetes
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Mollusc
Species
7
3
2
23/04/2005
23/08/2013
1 January (recorded in 1985)
14 October (recorded in 1996)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Northern Tortoiseshell Limpet (Testudinalia testudinalis), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/288921