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Banded Chink Shell

Lacuna vincta

1,118Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb13
Mar50
Apr30
May63
Jun78
Jul195
Aug271
Sep271
Oct84
Nov22
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland36
2Highland Scotland32
3Aberdeenshire Scotland27
4Shetland Islands —22
5Orkney Islands Scotland18
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
7Argyll and Bute Scotland10
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
9Ceredigion Wales8
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
11East Riding of Yorkshire England6
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland5
13North Yorkshire England4
14Pembrokeshire Wales4
15Isles of Scilly England4
186 England556 Scotland27 Wales211 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,118
Peak month
August
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Lacuna vincta
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,039
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Littorinidae
Genus
Lacuna
Name with authority
Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803)
Described
1803
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1307789 · GBIF 2301175