[3] Limacia clavigera is commonly found on the lower shore and in sublittoral algae belts along the Atlantic coast of Europe, including the British Isles, and from Norway to Portugal.

[4] It has been found from the intertidal zone to depths of at least 20 m.[4] It is replaced by Limacia inesae in the Mediterranean Sea.

[5] It has also been reported along the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred.

[5] Limacia clavigera is a small (up to 20 mm), white-bodied dorid with numerous orange-tipped projections on its body and scattered, raised, orange spots on its notum.

Its egg ribbon is a flat broad spiral of several coils.