Thuridilla bayeri

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth6–17 m
Water temperature22–29 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 6 records
February: 7 records
March: 2 records
April: 7 records
May: 4 records
June: 13 records
July: 7 records
August: 15 records
September: 23 records
October: 109 records
November: 5 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–17 m · Deepest record: 70 m

0–10 m: 34 records
10–20 m: 133 records
20–30 m: 9 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 10 records
28–30 °C: 194 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Elysia bayeri

Similar species

Slender Sap Sucking Slug
Thuridilla gracilis
White-marked Taco Slug
Thuridilla albopustulosa
Midnight Taco Slug
Thuridilla hoffae
Thuridilla carlsoni
Thuridilla flavomaculata
Orange-edged Sapsucking Slug
Thuridilla lineolata

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
216 open-data records from 1965 to 2026.

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