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Arctic Barrel-Bubble

Retusa obtusa

947Records since 2000
MayPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb11
Mar138
Apr150
May190
Jun163
Jul49
Aug85
Sep73
Oct33
Nov27
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland28
2Highland Scotland13
3Suffolk England12
4Isle of Wight England12
5Essex England10
6Orkney Islands Scotland10
7East Riding of Yorkshire England9
8Dorset England6
9Shetland Islands —5
10North Ayrshire Scotland4
11Cambridgeshire England2
12Gwynedd Wales2
13Isles of Scilly England2
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
140 England196 Scotland155 Wales154 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
947
Peak month
May
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Retusa obtusa
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
667
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Retusidae
Genus
Retusa
Name with authority
Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1521047 · GBIF 2291712