#4655 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Grey Mail-shell
🇳🇱 Asgrauwe keverslak ·Lepidochitona cinerea
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL
📍 Texel, NL-NH, NL
📍 Den Osse 103, 4318 TP Brouwershaven, Nederland
📍 Texel, NL-NH, NL
📍 1792 CA Oudeschild, Nederland
📍 Dreischor, Het Gemaal, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Chris Isaacs · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Genet · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Texel, NL-NH, NL:© Hybodus · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Den Osse 103, 4318 TP Brouwershaven, Nederland:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Texel, NL-NH, NL:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. 1792 CA Oudeschild, Nederland:© Hybodus · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Dreischor, Het Gemaal, Nederland:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Lepidochitona cinerea , known by the common names common chiton or gray chiton , is a chiton (a sea mollusc).
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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,035 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Grey Mail-shell
- Nederlands
- Asgrauwe keverslak
- scientific name
- Lepidochitona cinerea
- class
- Polyplacophora
- order
- Chitonida
- family
- Tonicellidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 1,770
- sightings worldwide
- 3,035
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,423
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Tonicellidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 446756, Wikidata Q1295486, GBIF 2306437, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.