#4633 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Great Piddock
🇳🇱 Ruwe boormossel ·Zirfaea crispata
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Zeeland, NL
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 IJmuiden, Nederland
📍 Zeekant, Hoek van Holland, South Holland, NL
📍 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Nederland
📍 Vissershaven, Den Haag, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Femorale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Zeeland, NL:© hannejacobs · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. IJmuiden, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Zeekant, Hoek van Holland, South Holland, NL:© Michiel Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Nederland:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Vissershaven, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · 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 53 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 384 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Great Piddock
- Nederlands
- Ruwe boormossel
- scientific name
- Zirfaea crispata
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Myida
- family
- Pholadidae
- sightings in NL
- 53
- sightings in Europe
- 165
- sightings worldwide
- 384
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,016
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Pholadidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 193982, Wikidata Q1786849, GBIF 2288788, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.