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Chinaman's Hat, Chinese hat

Calyptraea chinensis

473Records since 2000
MayPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb2
Mar66
Apr60
May113
Jun10
Jul42
Aug55
Sep72
Oct36
Nov4
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England29
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland23
3Cornwall England5
4Pembrokeshire Wales5
5Devon England3
6Argyll and Bute Scotland2
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
8Highland Scotland1
9Plymouth England1
115 England7 Scotland62 Wales85 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
473
Peak month
May
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Calyptraea chinensis
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
279
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Calyptraeidae
Genus
Calyptraea
Name with authority
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2133952 · GBIF 2301629