#4721 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Zuiderzee-schijfslak
Corambe obscura
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 52RR+3X Galveston, TX, USA
📍 Nordsee, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
📍 Beverly, MA, USA
📍 Hudson River, New York, NY, US
📍 Brunswick County, US-NC, US
📍 Tangier Sound, Princess Anne, MD, US
📍 Halifax Harbour, Halifax, NS, CA
📍 Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York, USA
📍 New York County, US-NY, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © sercfisheries · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. 52RR+3X Galveston, TX, USA:© Mitchel Buckner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Nordsee, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Beverly, MA, USA:© Jeff Goddard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Hudson River, New York, NY, US:© Helen Schrayer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Brunswick County, US-NC, US:© Sonja Huc · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Tangier Sound, Princess Anne, MD, US:© bow_brown_brook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Halifax Harbour, Halifax, NS, CA:© balanomorph · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York, USA:© Lina Marie Raubold · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. New York County, US-NY, US:© Izabella Rodrigues · CC BY-NC 4.0
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 68 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Addison Emery Verrill in 1870 (156 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Zuiderzee-schijfslak
- scientific name
- Corambe obscura
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Nudibranchia
- family
- Corambidae
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 11
- sightings worldwide
- 68
- GBIF records in NL
- 54
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1870 by Addison Emery Verrill
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1022986, Wikidata Q5042825, GBIF 2291865, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.