#4615 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Japanese Littleneck

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🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © edoswalt · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Yann Kemper · CC0
5. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
6. Vlissingen, NL-ZE, NL:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. zandmotor:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Texel, Netherlands:© Mikko Heikkinen · CC BY 4.0
9. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 2587 VX The Hague, Netherlands:© Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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base stats

NL sightings 91iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,647iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 91 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #48 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
6,647 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.