When it is recorded
Jan349
Feb386
Mar433
Apr458
May678
Jun638
Jul738
Aug1,272
Sep652
Oct269
Nov216
Dec174
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 57 | |
| 2 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 32 | |
| 3 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 30 | |
| 4 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 10 | |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 9 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 8 | |
| 7 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 8 | |
| 8 | Shetland Islands | — | 7 | |
| 9 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 5 | |
| 10 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 5 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 4 | |
| 12 | Isles of Scilly | England | 3 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 2 | |
| 14 | Ceredigion | Wales | 2 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 1 |
516 England1,392 Scotland294 Wales605 Northern Ireland20 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 6,537
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 16
- Scientific name
- Leptochiton asellus
- Group
- Molluscs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,924
- Most recorded in
- Highland
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Lepidopleurida
- Family
- Leptochitonidae
- Genus
- Leptochiton
- Name with authority
- Leptochiton asellus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Described
- 1791
- Contributing datasets
- 53
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2531429 · GBIF 5193785