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Blue rayed limpet

Patella pellucida

2,309Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan28
Feb37
Mar84
Apr135
May173
Jun205
Jul305
Aug416
Sep572
Oct209
Nov56
Dec73

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England86
2Orkney Islands Scotland50
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland46
4Devon England43
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland39
6Highland Scotland38
7Pembrokeshire Wales35
8Aberdeenshire Scotland35
9Gwynedd Wales32
10Argyll and Bute Scotland22
11Shetland Islands —22
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland21
13Isles of Scilly England17
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland16
15North Yorkshire England14
813 England677 Scotland228 Wales342 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,309
Peak month
September
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Patella pellucida
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,162
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Orkney Islands
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Patellidae
Genus
Patella
Name with authority
Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
57

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3172006 · GBIF 5728509