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Beerbarrel Shell

Acteon tornatilis

633Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb14
Mar80
Apr45
May92
Jun80
Jul97
Aug46
Sep55
Oct46
Nov12
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales6
2Pembrokeshire Wales4
3Devon England2
4Highland Scotland1
5Cornwall England1
6Sefton England1
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
8Torbay England1
76 England88 Scotland96 Wales27 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
633
Peak month
July
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Acteon tornatilis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
268
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Acteonidae
Genus
Acteon
Name with authority
Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3735118 · GBIF 5191459