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Auger Shell

Turritellinella tricarinata

5,801Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan261
Feb403
Mar430
Apr559
May689
Jun677
Jul812
Aug670
Sep540
Oct347
Nov118
Dec178

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland50
2Pembrokeshire Wales42
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland34
4Sefton England33
5Torbay England23
6Shetland Islands —20
7Argyll and Bute Scotland11
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
9Orkney Islands Scotland7
10Devon England6
11Gwynedd Wales6
12Plymouth England6
13City of Edinburgh Scotland4
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
15Cornwall England3
453 England3,558 Scotland337 Wales476 Northern Ireland8 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,801
Peak month
July
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Turritellinella tricarinata
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,906
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Turritellidae
Genus
Turritellinella
Name with authority
Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814)
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
58

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10898749