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Cinereous chiton

Lepidochitona cinerea

1,228Records since 2000
MayPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb19
Mar111
Apr168
May203
Jun142
Jul90
Aug200
Sep176
Oct49
Nov18
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland85
2Ceredigion Wales34
3Plymouth England31
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
5Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland14
6North Yorkshire England13
7Highland Scotland12
8Argyll and Bute Scotland12
9Isles of Scilly England12
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland11
11Isle of Wight England11
12Suffolk England10
13North Ayrshire Scotland10
14Cornwall England9
15Devon England9
295 England237 Scotland201 Wales297 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,228
Peak month
May
Counties with records
37
Scientific name
Lepidochitona cinerea
Group
Molluscs
Most recorded in
Ards and North Down
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Chitonida
Family
Tonicellidae
Genus
Lepidochitona
Name with authority
Lepidochitona cinerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1295486 · GBIF 2306437