Thuridilla carlsoni
- Usual depth3–15 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Thuridilla carlsoni is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Plakobranchidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Thuridilla carlsoni”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 15 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–15 m · Deepest record: 22 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Thuridille de Carlson
- Japanese
- シロアミミドリガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 卡爾森平鰓海天牛
Similar species
Slender Sap Sucking SlugThuridilla gracilis
White-marked Taco SlugThuridilla albopustulosa
Midnight Taco SlugThuridilla hoffae
- 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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 180 open-data records from 1970 to 2026.
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