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Boston Facelina

Facelina bostoniensis

581Records since 2000
JunePeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb7
Mar14
Apr24
May22
Jun174
Jul73
Aug84
Sep71
Oct63
Nov22
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland27
2Highland Scotland10
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
4Argyll and Bute Scotland7
5Norfolk England4
6Perth and Kinross Scotland3
7Pembrokeshire Wales2
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
9Gwynedd Wales1
10Aberdeenshire Scotland1
11Orkney Islands Scotland1
12North Ayrshire Scotland1
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
14Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland1
131 England167 Scotland16 Wales116 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
581
Peak month
June
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Facelina bostoniensis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
480
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Facelinidae
Genus
Facelina
Name with authority
Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838)
Described
1838
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1261303 · GBIF 2292199