Species Detail - American Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.

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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Crepidula fornicata
Crepidula fornicata
American Slipper Limpet
NBNSYS0000174750 RecommendedUnverified
Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: Detailed Risk Assesment || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 || Invasive Species: Detailed Risk Assesment >> High Risk
crfor
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mollusc
Species
27
10
10
01/01/1902
30/07/2024
27 January (recorded in 2023)
4 December (recorded in 2022)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata), accessed 16 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/120451>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata), image, accessed 16 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/120451>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata), image, accessed 16 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/120451>