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Alder's necklace shell

Euspira nitida

5,202Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan158
Feb179
Mar336
Apr341
May658
Jun783
Jul897
Aug579
Sep569
Oct197
Nov193
Dec73

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —17
2Isles of Scilly England13
3Highland Scotland5
4Pembrokeshire Wales5
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
6Sefton England3
7Ceredigion Wales2
8Isle of Anglesey Wales2
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
10Kent England1
11Dorset England1
12Cornwall England1
13Orkney Islands Scotland1
14North Ayrshire Scotland1
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
530 England730 Scotland320 Wales158 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,202
Peak month
July
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Euspira nitida
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,841
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Naticidae
Genus
Euspira
Name with authority
Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
56

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61681142 · GBIF 5725465