#4632 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

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Aeolidia filomenae

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. 4675 Sint Philipsland, Nederland:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Tholen, Oosterschelde, NL-ZE, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Veerpont Anna Jacobapolder-Bruinisse 4675, 4675 Sint Philipsland, Netherlands:© yannickvm · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Tholen, Oosterschelde, NL-ZE, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Goes, Oosterschelde, NL-ZE, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Aeolidia filomenae is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Previously confused with Aeolidia papillosa , this species occurs on coasts of the NE Atlantic Ocean from Scotland south to Portugal.

base stats

NL sightings 54iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 603iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).