Species Detail - White Tortoiseshell Limpet (Tectura virginea) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland.".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Tectura virginea
White Tortoiseshell Limpet
NHMSYS0021056385 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
tevir
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Mollusc
Species
15
11
10
01/06/1993
16/07/1996
29 January (recorded in 2018)
23 November (recorded in 2015)
Trinity College, Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland., National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, White Tortoiseshell Limpet (Tectura virginea), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/258/Species/288919

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)